BIO Intro
the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animal
zoology
plant family with poisonous members
cashew
special type of leave that holds a vine upright
Tendril
storage compartment in cells
vacuole
True or False Plants are autotrophs
True - they conduct photosynthesis
example of cereal grasses
rice, wheat, oats
term for nonwoody plants
herbaceous (herbs)
type of venation where the veins are in a branching pattern
pinnate
What carbohydrate strengthens the plant cell walls?
Cellulose
which would affect photosynthesis?
a covering a plant with a box
b increasing carbon dioxide in the air
c increasing the amount of water
a covering the plant with a box
type of bacteria that returns soil nitrogen to the air
denitrifying
largest deciduous trees in America
sycamores
leave arrangement where one leaf grows from each node in an alternating pattern
alternate
cork and parenchyma are what types of tissue
structural
produced by light reactions
NADPH
plant with two growing seasons
biennial
a plant that lives for 3 or more years are...
(trees are the example)
perennials
process by which water vapor is lost from the leaves of the plant
transpiration
vascular tissue carries sap upward
xylem
what type of cells control the flow of air and water into the leaf
guard cells
plants with special leaves to trap insects and digest them are
insectivores
group of trees produces winged fruits called samaras
maples
the abscission layer is involved in what?
loss of leaves
pressure produced by water within cells
turgor pressure
True or false
When a botanists seperates the contents of a leaf to analyze them, she notices blue, green, and yellow substances because the leaf naturally contains other other pigments.
True - Those pigments are masked by chlorophyll.