ROOTS
What are the 3 functions of the roots?
Absorb water and minerals, anchor the plant, and store food.
What are the 4 functions of the stem?
What are the 2 functions of leaves?
Food production and photosynthesis.
What is the purpose of a flower?
Produce seeds through sexual reproduction.
What is the purpose of the roots cap?
Protection of the root.
What are the 4 types of buds?
Terminal, leaf, flower, and lateral.
What is the purpose of Chlorophyll?
A green pigment and does photosynthesis.
What are the 4 main parts of the flower?
Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil.
What are the physical characteristics of a root?
White or cream in color and tiny root hairs.
How do you describe the cross section of a monocot stem? Dicot?
Monocot is scattered and dicot has a ring.
What are the 4 parts of the leaf?
Epidermis, cuticle, stomata, and mesophyll.
What is the stamen? Pistil?
Male reproductive parts. Female part.
When are adventitious roots formed?
On a stem or leaf after a stem cutting.
What does phloem do? Xylem?
Transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plant and transports water from the roots to the leaves.
What is the primary vein called?
Midvein.
What does an incomplete flower lack?
One of sepals, petals, stamen, pistil.
In the longitudinal root tip cross section, what are the 4 areas?
Zone of cell differentiation, zone of elongation, zone of cell division, and root cap.
What is an example of a plant with a monocot stem? Dicot?
Easter lilies, iris, and spider plant. Mums and African violets.
What are the 5 texture factors?
Size, margin, surface, venation, and simple vs. compound.
What is the numerical plan of monocots? Dicots?
3's. 4's or 5's.