Plant Features
Bryophytes
Seedless Vascular Plants
Seed Plants
Plant Structure
Plant Structure 2
Plant Structure 3
100
What are plant cell walls made of?
cellulose
100
The category bryophytes includes organisms ___.
that do not have true roots, leaves, and stems
100
List the types of vascular plants.
ferns, club mosses, horsetails
100
Flowering plants are called ___.
angiosperms
100
When you eat a carrot, you are eating what kind of root?
taproot
100
What is the outermost layer of bark (made of dead cells) called?
cork
100
A plant that loses too much water through evaporation may wilt due to a lack of ___.
turgor pressure
200
All plants have which kind of cells?
eukaryotic
200
Why are mosses unable to grow very tall?
Mosses are nonvascular plants, so their water is transported using diffusion. Diffusion can transport water only so high.
200
What are fern leaves called?
fronds
200
Pine trees, spruces, and cycads are ___.
gymnosperms
200
What is the region on a stem where new leaves or branches are produced?
node
200
Why do annual rings form?
Because xylem grows differently at different times of the year.
200
Turgor pressure is caused by ___.
the presence of water inside a plant's central vacuoles
300
Most plants are ___ while fungi are ___.
(producers, comsumers, decomposers)
producers
decomposers
300
How do mosses and hornworts attach to the ground?
with root-like rhizoids
300
Ferns require ___ for reproduction to occur.
water
300
The largest group of plants is called ___.
angiosperms
300
Which type of stem are the flexible stalks supporting dandelion flowers?
herbaceous
300
Label this picture.
1. cuticle 2. also cuticle 3. palisade layer 4. chloroplast 5. vein 6. spongy layer 7. stoma
300
How can a cornstalk remain standing long after it has dried out and lost turgor pressure?
Cornstalks are supported by the fibers around the vascular bundles of their stems.
400
What is a cellular organelle found in all plants?
plastid
400
Which vascular plants have been used as an abrasive because of the silica in their cell walls?
horsetails
400
Seeds contain a young plant called an ___.
embryo
400
Where in the leaf does the most photosynthesis occur?
palisade layer
400
What regulates the size of the stoma opening?
guard cells
400
Stomata allow gasses to move into or out of the leaf. What structure allows gasses to move easily within the leaf?
spongy layer
500
Describe the similarities & differences between plants and plantlike protists such as algae.
Similarities: both are eukaryotic and producers, and have chloroplasts. Differences: plants have tissues and cuticles, and (most) are multicellular.
500
What are young fern leaves that resemble violin scrolls called?
fiddleheads
500
What kind of plant is the pink dogwood, which produces beautiful pink flowers? How do you know?
It is an angiosperm because it is a flowering plant.
500
What are new cork cells produced by?
cork cambium
500
What are plants whose vascular bundles are evenly distributed throughout their entire stems?
monocots
500
What is the difference in function between xylem tissue and phloem tissue?
Xylem transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves. Phloem transports sugars out of the leaves.