Name 3 ways we can use plants
Food, medicine, essential oils, wood, fuel
Where does CO2 enter the plant?
Through the stomata
What are nastic movements?
Quick movements that last a short amount of time
What are two types of asexual reproduction?
By spores and by fragmentation
What state am I from?
Minnesota
What is a hemaphroditic flower?
Has both a male and female reproductive system
In photosynthesis, what enters a plant and what goes out of a plant?
CO2 enters, O2 comes out
Slow and irreversible movements related to growth
What is cross-pollination?
Transfer of pollen grains between species of plants
What is my middle name?
Frechette
What is seismonasty?
Response to contact --> like in carniverous plants
In cell respiration, what goes into a plant and what comes out of the plant?
O2 goes into the plant, CO2 comes out
What is the difference between a positive and a negative tropism?
Positive- towards stimulus, negative- away from stimulus
Name 3 ways a flower can be pollinated
1. wind
2. insects
3. other animals
4. water
What's my brother's name
Declan
What is the nutritive substance surrounding an embryo called?
Endosperm
What catches light energy in chloroplasts?
Chlorophyll
Why do the leaves of trees turn different colors before they fall off?
The plant decreases its chlorophyll production
How do fruits disperse seeds?
Animals eating them, wind, water
Where did I go to university?
Creighton University
Name 2 examples of dicotyledons
peach, cabbage, tomato...
What vessels bring raw sap from the roots to the green parts of the plant?
Xylem vessels
A plant growing in response to contact with an object which provides support is an example of what tropism?
Thigmotropism
What is germination?
When a seed that has fallen to the ground absorbs water and starts to grow
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