Photosynthesis
Plant Nutrition
Transpiration
Germination
Plant taxis and Reproduction
100
Light
What energy does photosynthesis rely on.
100
Nitrogen and Phosphorous
What are the two main mineral elements that plants require
100
Stomata
What is the name of the hole in the leaf from which water leaves the plant
100
Water , Oxygen and Temperature
What are the main factors that influence germination
100
Phototaxis
What is the plants response to light called
200
Glucose
What is the first product of photosynthesis
200
Xylem
Through which vessels are plant nutrients transported within the plant
200
Cuticle
What is the waxy layer on top of the plant that prevent water loss from the leaf
200
Endosperm
Where in the seed is the store of energy for germination
200
Anther and filament
What are the male reproductive parts of the flower
300
Blue and red light
What are the two main colours that chlorophyll absorbs
300
Nitrates and Phosphates
In what form are Nitrogen and Phosphorus taken up by plants
300
Temperature, light, wind and moisture
What are factors that affect the rate of transpitation
300
The radicle
What is the embryonic root
300
Chemical transmitter
What is the mechanism that a plant uses to detect and mediate outside faors such as light, gravity and touch
400
Chloroplasts
Where in the plant cell is photosynthesis occuring
400
Starch
What is the main chemical that plants store energy
400
Potometer
What is the apparatus that can be used to measure the rate of transpiration
400
The plumule
What is the embryonic shoot
400
Polen tube
What is the tube called that is produced by the pollen when it travels down the style from the stigma to the ovary
500
Magnesium
What is the metal ion that chlorophyll is made of
500
Active transport and Diffusion
What are the two main ways that plants take up essential minerals
500
Osmosis in the guard cells
What is the mechanism by which the stomata open and close
500
Epigeal Germination
What is the type of germination where the cotyledons are carried above ground and the hypogeal remains hooked to protect the delicate plumule tip
500
Two female polar nuclei
What are the two nuclei in the ovary that fuse to form a diploid nucleus which then fuses with the second pollen nucleus to form the triploid enosperm
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