Plant Part
What plant part absorbs water?
What are roots
What does Angiosperm mean in greek?
What is “covered seed” or “enclosed seed"
What is the function of the leaves
What class of angiosperm has one cotyledon?
What is a dicot
What is an annual
What plant part supports the leaves, fruit and flowers?
What is the stem
A pine tree is an example of _______
What is a gymnosperm
What 3 things does a plant need to perform photsynthesis?
What are sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
What is the chemical process converting sunlight into energy and food for the plant?
What is photosynthesis
What plant lives for two years/growing seasons?
What is a biennial
What root SYSTEM has many small roots?
What are fibrous roots
What does gymosperm mean is greek?
What is “naked seed”
What is the protective layer of cells called?
What is the epidermis?
What class of angiosperms has vascular bundles arranged in a circle?
What is a dicot
What is the period called when a plant stops growing during winter months?
What is dormancy
What is a mature (fertilized) ovary containing the seed or seeds called?
What is the fruit
Which of the following IS an example of an Angiosperm: pines, firs, peach and spruces
What is a peach
What part of the leaf prevents water loss and is also waxy?
What is the cuticle
What are 3 characteristics you can look at to distinguish a moncot from a dicot?
What are leaf veins, Flower parts, Cotyledons, Vascular bundles
During the first year, biennials only grow their vegetative parts. What part are grown during the first year
What are leaves, roots and stems
What are the conductive tissues called that carries food (Sugars) down and water and minerals up?
What is the xylem and phloem
What are the two classes of angiosperms?
What is a dicot and a monocot
What is the pore-like openings on the underside of the leaf that allow gas exchange called?
What is the stomata
What is the loss of water through evaporation?
What is transpiration
What are the two classes of PERENNIALS called?
What are herbaceous and woody