Stems
True or False - Rhizomes are a type of root.
False - Rhizomes are a modified stem.
These are the two main categories of roots.
What are taproot and fibrous roots?
What are simple and compound?
This is the outer protective layer on the stems, leaves and roots.
What is the epidermis?
True or False - Morphology deals with the internal tissues and cells of plants
This is the portion of stems between the nodes.
What are internodes?
True or false - Roots store energy.
True
Monocot leaves consist of these three parts.
What are the sheath, blade and collar?
This transports water and minerals from the roots to the other plant parts.
What is the xylem?
Which of these are morphological features of plants: xylem, leaves, lignin, chlorophyll, nodes
What are leaves and nodes
What are nodes?
True or False - A tuber is a root
False - Tuber is a modified stem
This is an example of a modified leaf and it is to help plants climb.
What are tendrils?
This transports sucrose and other organic compounds throughout the plant.
What is the phloem?
These are a type of fungi that may become associated with roots.
What are Mycorrhizae?
These are undeveloped stems, leaves and flowers.
What are buds?
These microorganisms fix atmospheric nitrogen for legume plants in exchange for energy and nutrients from the plant.
What are Rhizobia?
This is the term used to describe the veins in a dicot leaf.
What is netted venation?
This is where primary growth usually occurs and is located at the tip of a shoot or a root.
What is the apical meristem?
In leaves, these cells contain chlorophyll for photsynthesis.
What are parenchyma cells?
Stems typically terminate at _____________ that can produce additional vegetative or floral growth.
What are meristems?
These roots develop on a horizontal stem, arising from atypical places such as nodes on the stem.
What are adventitious roots?
The collar on a monocot leaf is located at the union of the blade and the sheath, and the collar can have these two appendages that can be used to identify the plant.
What are auricles and ligules? Auricles are attached to collars. Ligules are the membranous structure connecting the blade to the sheath.
This type of stem has vascular bundles arranged in a ring that separates the cortex and the pith.
What is a dicot stem?
This is the pressure that regulates the opening and closing of stomata.
What is Turgor pressure?