Plants

Characteristics of Plants

100

Plants are ____________ because they make their own food.

producers or autotroph

200

These are three of the features of plant cells that either give them structure and support and/or store water or produce glucose.

cell wall, large central vacuole, chloroplasts

300

The chemical compound responsible for converting the energy from sunlight into the form of energy in chemical bonds.

Chlorophyll

400

This organelle specific to plant cells is responsible for storing water and supporting the cell, among other things.

Large central vacuole

500

This chemical compound, structurally similar to starch, is the main component of cell walls.

Cellulose

Structure and Function in Plants

100

In vascular plants, these are the three major organs.

Roots, stems, and leaves

200

This is the general typical size of nonvascular plants.

Small

300

Nonvascular plants uptake water and nutrients through this process.

diffusion

400

Plant growth in response to a stimulus

tropism

500

The term for water loss through a plant's leaves

transpiration

Classification of Plants

100

Plants are all classified as (unicellular, multicellular, or both) (prokaryotes or eukaryotes). 

multicellular eukaryotes

200

These seed plants have seeds that are not encased in a fruit

gymnosperms

300

This classification of vascular seed plants all produce flowers and fruits that surround and protect their seeds

angiosperms

400

This is an ancient type of tree that is pollution tolerant and used in traditional medicine. Only one species survives today. 

Ginkgoes

500

These seedless vascular plants have roots and most have rhizomes to help them spread. Their leaves are called fronds.

Ferns

Plants, Energy, and Responses

100

This is anything that causes a change or reaction in an organism

Stimulus

200

This process produces energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

Cellular respiration

300

These are the two products of photosynthesis

glucose and oxygen

400

This is the organelle where cellular respiration occurs by combining glucose and oxygen to break the chemical bonds for energy

mitochondrion

500

These pores on the surface of leaves control water loss by closing.

Stomata

Reproduction in Plants

100

This is the male reproductive structure of flowers

Stamen

200

There are the two phases in the life cycle of all plants.

sporophyte and gametophyte

300

This is the term for when, specifically in plants, a sperm and egg cell meet.

Pollination

400

In the gametophyte stage, spores grow into plants that produce these

gametes or egg and sperm cells

500

Plants can reproduce asexually by growing these underground structures that store nutrients and can grow into new plants.

tubers