Lesson 1
What character trait do all plants share?
They are all autotrophs
Is moss non vascular or vascular
No vascular
What is the female part of the flower called
Pistil
A plants growth response toward or away from a stimulus is called what?
Tropism
what is photosynthesis
The process by which plants and other
Where is food made in a plant?
Chloroplast
What’s another name for ferns leaves?
Fronds
One pair of light and dark rings respresents how many years of growth
1 year
What is tropism
The response of a plant toward of away from a stimulus
True or false? All plants are multicellular
False
does The xylem transport materials up or down?
Up
What do the roots do?
The roots help anchor a plant and help absorb water for the plant
What are the three stimuli that produc plant responses
Touch gravity and light
Where do plants store there food, water, and minerals?
Vacuole
whats the difference between vascular and non vascular?
non vascular plants grow low to the ground and vascular plants grow high up. Also non vascular plants don’t have roots to absorb water and vascular plants do
What can you tell by the annual rings on a tree
how old the tree is and what the weather was like in a certain year
What does auxin do
Auxin speeds up the rate at which a plants cell grows and controls a plants response to light
What do plants need to live on land
Retain water, transport water, minerals, obtain food and water, reproduce, and it needs support
what are rhizoids
Thin rootlike structures that anchor the moss and absorb water and nutrient.
What does the stem do
The stem carry’s substances between the plants roots and leaves. The stem also provides support for the plant and holds up the leaves so that they are exposed to sun.
What is the definition of photoperiodism
The amount of darkness a plat recieves determines the time of flowering in many plants.