Uses of Plants
What are plants used for to meet basic human needs? (There are 3, that we've talked about all semester)
What are food, clothing, and shelter.
What term means "naked seed" and refers to a group of plants?
What are gymnosperms.
What type of plant completes its life cycle in one year?
What are annuals.
What process do plants use to convert sunlight into food?
What is Photosynthesis.
What part of the plant anchors it and absorbs water and minerals?
What are the roots.
What type of plant source includes fruits and vegetables?
What is a direct source.
What do angiosperms produce that is protected by fruit?
What are seeds?
Which plants take two growing seasons to complete their life cycle?
What are biennials.
What term describes the process of plants using stored energy?
What is respiration.
What are the two types of conductive tissues found within the vascular bundles in stems?
What is the Xylem and the Phloem.
Which animal product is considered an indirect source from plants?
What is beef or leather.
What is the term for a plant that has one seed leaf?
What is a Monocotyledon.
What are plants that live for more than two years called?
What are perenials.
Photosynthesis requires sunlight, water, and what?
What is Carbon Dioxide.
What part of the plant produces food through photosynthesis?
What are the leaves.
What ornamental use do plants provide for humans?
What is landscaping for beauty and comfort.
What feature distinguishes dicotyledons in terms of seed leaves?
What are two seed leaves.
What class of perennials has soft stems that die back in the winter?
What are herbaceous plants.
What is the overall significance of photosynthesis for plants?
What is to provide energy and food.
What is the purpose of flowers in plants?
What is to reproduce by producing seeds.
What recreational use do plants provide? (at least one)
What is wildlife habitat, hiking, and hunting.
What arrangement do vascular bundles have in monocots?
What is scattered.
What type of perennial has hardy stems that survive winter frost?
What are woody plants.
What is the term for the movement and loss of water through evaporation?
What is Transpiration.
What is the outermost part of a flower that protects the unopened flower?
What are sepals.