Cactus
Name a cactus not found in a desert region
What is Christmas/Thanksgiving Cactus?
Name an annual plant
What is (any annual plant)?
examples: wildflowers, ornamental flowers
Name something that all vascular plants possess and defines the classification
The non-vascular plants lack these two structures compared to vascular plants
What is, Xylem and Phloem?
State one type of Biennial Plant
What is (biennial plant)?
examples: carrot, beets, radish
Explain the kinds of roots that cactus tend to have
What are wide but shallow roots?
Name a perennial plant
What is (any perennial plant)?
examples: trees, grasses, shrubs, fruit-bearing plants
State the name of the first leaves grown by vascular plants
What are Seed Leaves?
State the two different kinds of non-vascular plants.
What are Mosses and Algae?
State the main defining structure in a Biennial Plant
What is a Taproot?
The two reasons most cactus found in desert regions have a circular cross-section
What is maximization of water volume and minimization of water loss?
Explain why some plants which are Annuals here in Texas are Perennials in other places in the world
What is, plants found in tropical regions can be perennials within their natural range due to not experiencing freezes?
State the food source produced by vascular plants
What are simple sugars?
Explain how mosses obtain nutrients
What is, through rainwater and/or surface runoff?
Explain the life cycle of a Biennial Plant
What is, storing energy within the first year to produce flowers and seeds in the second year?
Cactus spines are classified as modified... What?
What are leaves?
Explain the main distinctive between annual plants and perennial plants
What is, annual plants must complete their entire life cycle in a single year?
How vascular plants maintain rigidity
What is Turgor Pressure?
The three main parts of a macroalgae
What are: blades, stalk, and holdfast?
Explain how the purpose of the Taproot.
What is, allowing Biennial Plants to store food over the winter?
What are Areoles?
Both perennial and annual plants have uses in cooking. State kinds of products that come from perennial plants and annual plants.
Explain Transpiration
Small holes in the leaves of vascular plants open to draw in carbon dioxide and release water vapor
Explain how mosses reproduce
What are spores?
The white flowers seen along the side of the road every other year or so are related to carrots. Explain why you should never stop to dig up and eat them.
What is, they are poisonous?