Plant Life Cycles
What is the term for the haploid generation that produces gametes?
What is the gametophyte?
Which hormone is primarily responsible for cell elongation in plants?
What is auxin?
What type of plants primarily use the Calvin cycle for photosynthesis?
What are C3 plants?
What is the primary structure in leaves that facilitates gas exchange?
What are stomata?
What type of tissue transports water and minerals in plants?
What is xylem?
In a haplodiplontic life cycle, what is the dominant generation in ferns?
What is the sporophyte?
What hormone promotes fruit ripening?
What is ethylene?
Which type of photosynthesis is adapted for high temperatures and water-efficient growth?
What is C4 photosynthesis?
What process involves the loss of water vapor from a plant?
What is transpiration?
What tissue is responsible for transporting sugars and nutrients?
What is phloem?
Name a type of plant that exhibits a dominant gametophyte generation.
What is a moss?
What hormone promotes stem elongation and is involved in seed germination?
What is gibberellin (GA)?
In which type of plants do stomata open at night to minimize water loss?
What are CAM plants?
How do environmental conditions affect the opening and closing of stomata?
What is they respond to light, humidity, and CO2 concentration?
Name one key structural difference between xylem and phloem.
What is xylem cells are dead at maturity, while phloem cells are alive?
What process allows the sporophyte to produce spores?
What is meiosis?
How do auxins and cytokinins work together in plants?
What is regulating shoot and root growth?
What is the main advantage of C4 and CAM pathways over C3?
What is improved water-use efficiency?
Explain the relationship between photosynthesis and transpiration in plants.
What is they are interconnected processes that facilitate gas exchange and water movement?
Describe how xylem and phloem work together to maintain plant health.
What is xylem transports water and nutrients up, while phloem distributes sugars throughout the plant?