MONOCOT
How many petals do monocots general have on a flower?
Multiples of three.
What kind of root does a dandelion have?
a long taproot
What factor limits the size of byrophytes?
Bryophytes are small because they lack vascular tissue?
What are the basic needs of a plant for it to survive?
The lives of plants center on the need for sunlight, gas exchange, water, and minerals.
What would happen to a plant that was kept in a dark place for an extended period of time, and why would it happen?
Monocots have what kind of root arrangement?
spreading fibrous root
How many petals do dicots generally have on a flower?
multiples of four or five
What does the suffix "-phyte" mean?
plant
What is the life cycle called in plants (and algae) that switches between haploid and diploid?
alternation of generations
What do plants need to carry out photosynthesis?
sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
How would you describe the leaves of moncots?
The leaf venation is typically parallel.
How are dicot seeds different from monocot seeds?
Dicot seeds have two cotyledons and monocots only have one.
How do green algae get moisture and nutrients?
They absorb moisture and nutrients directly from their surroundings.
What two vascular tissues make it possible for vascular plants to move fluids through their bodies against the force of gravity?
xylem and phloem
Which type of tissue in a root stores some products of photosynthesis?
How many cotyledons compose a monocot seed?
one
Dicots have what type of venation?
net veined
In ferns, what are underground stems called?
rhizomes
In vascular plants, water is carried from the roots to the body of the plant by what structure?
xylem
What is the role of stomata in maintaining homeostasis?
Stomata are kept open long enough for photosynthesis to take place, but not so long that plants lose too much water.
Bundles are scattered throughout the stem.
Where do spores on ferns develop?
Spores develop on the mature sporophyte located on the underside of the leaf.
In this vascular plant tissue, sugars and other metabolic products are conducted downward from the leaves.
phloem
What is the name of the tissue in leaves that performs most of the plant's photosynthesis?
mesophyll