Plant Basics
Plants are classified as producers because they make food through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This tissue transports water through the plant.
What is xylem?
Invertebrates are animals that do not have this structure.
What is a backbone?
This phylum includes flatworms.
What is Platyhelminthes?
This phylum includes clams, snails, and squid.
What is Mollusca?
All chordates have this support rod at some point in life.
What is a notochord?
This waxy adaptation helps plants reduce water loss on land.
What is the cuticle?
This tissue transports sugar through the plant.
What is phloem?
This phylum includes sponges.
What is Porifera?
This phylum includes roundworms.
What is Nematoda?
This mollusk structure secretes the shell.
What is the mantle?
A vertebrate is a chordate with this structure.
What is a backbone?
This plant group lacks vascular tissue.
What are mosses/bryophytes?
These small openings allow gas exchange in leaves.
What are stomata?
Sponges are different from most animals because they lack these.
What are true tissues?
This phylum includes segmented worms such as earthworms.
What is Annelida?
This phylum includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, and their relatives.
What is Arthropoda?
This chordate structure develops into the brain and spinal cord in many vertebrates.
What is the dorsal nerve cord?
This plant group produces flowers and fruits.
What are angiosperms?
These cells open and close the stomata.
What are guard cells?
This type of symmetry is arranged around a central point like a wheel.
What is radial symmetry?
This term means the concentration of sense organs near the head.
What is cephalization?
Arthropods must do this because their exoskeleton does not grow with them.
What is molting?
These chordate structures may become gills in aquatic animals.
What are pharyngeal slits?
These seed plants produce “naked seeds” not enclosed in fruit.
What are gymnosperms?
This plant hormone helps a plant bend toward light.
What is auxin?
This body plan has left and right sides and is linked to cephalization.
What is bilateral symmetry?
This is a fluid-filled body cavity fully lined with mesoderm.
What is a true coelom?
This phylum has a water vascular system and tube feet.
What is Echinodermata?
This is an example of a chordate that is not a vertebrate.
What is a tunicate?