Classifications
Seeds
Root: Part 1
Roots: Part 2
Stems: Part 1
Stems: Part 2
Leaves
Flowers
100
What are the fundamental building blocks of life on Earth?
What is Plants?
100
What is a seed?
What is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food?
100
Name on function of a root.
What is...
Absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Anchor the plant into the ground
Move water and nutrients of the stem
Store food
100
What are water roots?
What is the types of roots that plants in water grow. They are finer and more brittle. They have a capability to allow oxygen from the atmosphere to diffuse in which is then used by the roots for metabolism and growth.
100
Most stems grow where?
What is above ground?
100
What is the name of the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves?
What is phloem?
100
What is a simple leaf?
What is a single leaf blade connected by a petiole to the stem?
100
Name the flower part?
What is petals?
200
What is the name of the kingdom that Plants belong to?
What is Plantae?
200
Why can't seeds be stored indefinitely?
What is because they are alive?
200
When does root growth begin?
What is at seed germination?
200
What are adventitious roots?
Adventitious roots are similar to the fibrous roots and can be underground or aerial (above the ground).
Grow from any part of the plant except the radical and usually grow in the intermodal, stem nodes, and leaves. These roots can be thick, thin, or modified according to the species.
Adventitious roots arise under stress conditions.
200
What is a stem?
What is the plant axis that bears buds and shoots with leaves and, at its basal end, roots?
200
What is the name of the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root?
What is xylem?
200
What is this leaf arrangement?
What is alternate?
200
What is the name of the female part of the flower?
What is the pistil?
300
Plants reproduce in two different ways. What are they?
What is spore bearing and seed baring?
300
What part of the seed is torn up in the picture?
What is the seed coat?
300
This part of the root is continuously replaced because of damage.
What is the root cap?
300
What type of root is shown in the picture above.
What is tuberous roots?
300
What is the name of the stem part located between nodes?
What is an internode?
300
What type of stem is shown above?
What is Bulb?
300
What type of leaf is shown above?
What is a palmately compound leaf?
300
What are the two parts of the stamen?
What is the filament and the anther?
400
Flowering plants are divided into two different sections. What are the two sections?
What is monocotyledons and dicotyledons?
400
What is the radicale?
What is the part of the seed where the root develops.
400
What are the two common root systems for plants?
What is fibrous and tap?
400
Name the three zones of cell growth in roots.
What is the zone of cell division, the zone of elongation, and the zone of maturation?
400
What is the difference between a stolon and a rhizome?
What is a stolon is a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants. A rhizome is a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.
400
Potatoes are an example of this type of stem?
What is Tuber?
400
What is the midrib?
What is the main vein of a leaf that goes from the petiole to the tip of the leaf?
400
What is the job of the sepals?
What is to protect the flower before it blossoms.
500
According to a scientific study their are at least this many different species of plants?
What is 500,000?
500
Describe the differences between a monocot seed and a dicot seed.
What is a monocot has only ONE leaf seed inside the seed coat and produces a single leaf, usually long and narrow. A dicot has TWO leaf seeds inside the seed coat and produces two leaves.
500
What is the difference between a primary and secondary root?
What is a primary root is the main root and a secondary root branches from the primary root?
500
What type of roots attach themselves to the other plant and suck nutrients from it and do not offer any benefit to the host plant and cause serious damage?
What is parasitic roots?
500
What is the name of the bud that is show in the picture above?
What is Axillary Bud (Lateral Bud)?
500
Name 5 stems that you eat?
Answers may vary.
500
What is the name of the tip of the leaf?
What is apex?
500
What is the main functions of a flower?
What is to attract pollinators and gather pollen and help with plant reproduction?