Basic Plant Stuff
The study of plants is called
botany
The part of the leaf between the node and the blade are called the
petiole
What are general plant responses called?
tropisms
Plants use what for gathering water from the ground
root (root hairs okay)
What kind of root has one larger root
taproot
The kingdom that contains plants
Plantae
tissues that conduct sugar and water through a leaf are called
veins
Tropisms are divided into the two following responses
positive and negative
Plants grow in response to chemicals called
hormones
leaves are attached to a stem at the
node
Plants convert light into sugar in an act called
photosynthesis
Leaves that have larger veins that run in the same direction have _______________ venation
parallel
What is the plant's response to light?
phototropism
Plants that bloom when the days are short and the nights are long are called
short-day plants
turgor pressure
If you can easily bend the stem of a plant, it is probably
herbaceous
What are the two layers of leaves underneath the epidermis
palisade and spongy layers
What is a plant's response to touch?
Thigmotropism
Reversible, repeatable movements in plants are called
nastic movements
The two parts of bark are
cork and cork cambium
Plants have a true nuclear membrane, so they are
eukaryotic
three or more leaves per node is what kind of arrangement
whorled
What is a plant's response to gravity?
Gravitropism
A plant's response to the length of time it is exposed to light is called
photoperiodism
What are the openings on leaves which allow transpiration to occur?
stomata