Vocab Part 2
Saphrophyte
Saphrophyte - an organsim that feeds on dead matter
True of False, Viruses are alive.
False
All fungi can reproduce by making what?
Spores
Name the 3 main vegetative parts of a plant
Root, stem, leaf
What is the difference between fibrous roots and a taproot
Taproot have a primary root like a carrot, Fibrous root systems have many branching root systems that spread out
Taxonomy
The science dealing with the description, identification, naming and classifying organisms
What is a vaccine?
A weakend or inactive version of a pathogen that stimulates the body to produce antibodies that destroy the pathogen
The reproductive structure or fruiting body consists of these three things?
Stalk, cap, gills
Name the two types of stems
woody and herbaceous
Parenchyma, collenchyma, and schlerenchyma are types of what tissue?
Ground Tissue
Vascular Tissue
a system of tube shaped cells branching throughout a plant that transports materials between roots and shoots
Name 2 characteristics of viruses
genetic material inside of a protein coat, can not reporduce on their own
How do fungi obtain energy?
Through extracellular digestion
What are the two types of vascular tissue?
Xylem and Phloem
Draw a picture of a leaf and label the following parts: apex, blade, petiole, stipules, veins
See picture:
stipules, petiole, veins, apex, blade
Stimulus
an environmental change that triggers a response
Name 3 viral pathogens
Chicken pox, common cold, flu, COVID, mumps, measles, warts, HIV/AIDS, some cancers
What does a mycelium do?
The mycelium is the part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of digested food
What allows woody stems to have no limits to their growth unlike herbaceous stems?
Woody stems have cork cambium that can always produce more bark so if it cracks, the inner parts aren't exposed
Name 4 processes for which plants require water.
photosynthesis, turgor pressure, hydrolosis, transport
Phototropism vs Gravitropism vs Thigmotropism
Phototropism - a growth response to light, Gravitropism - a growth response to gravity, Thigmotropism a growth response to touch
Explain the difference between the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle
LYTIC- virus hijacks the cell's DNA replication system, copies itself then the copies burst out of the cell and spread.LYSOGENIC- virus enters the cell, embeds its DNA and is replicated along with the host cell DNA
Name 4 types of fungi
zygote fungi/common molds, club fungi, sac fungi, Chytrids and imperfect fungi
Name the 4 regions of a root
Root cap, meristematic region, elongation region, maturation region
Put the following in order: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species