Multiple choice I
What carbohydrate strengthens plant cell walls?
Cellulose
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
Releasing energy from food
What is the creeping, aboveground stem of a grass plant?
Stolon
Which of the two types of flowers in a composite flower head is indicated by the arrow?
ray flower
Leaves, stems, and flowers are part of the ? system
shoot
Which is a special leave? Spines, Tendrills Stolons
Spines and tendrils
Which of the following plant families is known for its poisonous members?
Cashew
What is the pressure produced by water within cells?
Turgor pressure
jSame the process by which water vapor is lost from the leaves of plants.
Transpiration
The Ptace where an organism lives is its ? .
Habitat
what type of vascular tissue carries sap upward?
Xylem
What type of tissue are cork and parenchyma?
Structural tissue
What type of venation is shown below?
Pinnate
"What term refers to trees that lose their leaves each fall ?
deciduous
The stacks of chlorophyll-containing disks inside chloroplasts are called ? .
Thylakoids
"Which group of trees produces winged fruits called samaras?
Maples
AAZhat are the largest deciduous trees in American
Sycamores
The leaves of a particular plant wilt during the day but recover at night. Which of the following statements describes the most likely cause of this behavior?
The plant receives adequate water, but hot temperatures cause rapid transpiration during the day
Name the two main kinds of root
Tap root, fibrous root
Plants whose special leaves trap and digest insects are ? plants.
Insectivorous
Which of the following is an abscission layer involved in?
Loss of leaves
Which of the following is not a cereal grass? oats barley.sugar cane
Sugar cane
Which of the following statements best explains why plants are considered autotrophs?
Plants conduct photosynthesis.
"What is the other name for flowering seed plants?
Angiosperms
A leaf that lacks a leafstalk is a(n) ? leaf.
Sessile