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Biology - 6
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11/04/2005

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A plant's vascular system does what?
Definition
carries water, food, and nutrients to the plant
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Based on their seed covreings, name and describe the two types of vascular plants.
Definition
a.angiosperms-covered or enclosed seeds b. gymnosperms-exposed seeds
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List two nonvascular plants.
Definition
a.mosses b.liverworts
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What is a monocot and a dicot?
Definition
a.a monocot is a plant whose seed contains one cotyledon b.a dicot is a plant whose seed contains two cotyledons
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What are the parts of the internal structure of a leaf?
Definition
a.palisade parenchyma b.xylem c.phloem d.lower epidermis d.cuticle e.upper epidermis e.spongy parenchyma f.stoma g.guard cell

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What is the system of naming living things by their genus and species names?
Definition
Binomial nomenclature
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Most gymnosperms are called what?
Definition
Evergreens, because they don't lose their leaves in the fall.
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The sporophyte generation ofthe fern's life cycle reproduces how?
Definition
by means of spores
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The primary function of stems what?
Definition
to provide conduction
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The conduction bundles of dicots are arranged where?
Definition
in a ring near the epidermis
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Annual rings in trees are the result of what?
Definition
The differences between the size and number of xylem cells produced in the spring and those produced in the fall.
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Cells in the mesophyll contain many chloroplasts that contain what and are responsible for what?
Definition
contain chlorophyll and are responsible for photosynthesis
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What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis?
Definition
Be able to write the chemical formula for photosynthesis.
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A plants ability to absorb water and nutrients is greatly increased by what?
Definition
by the millions of root hairs
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What are three types of leaflet arrangements?
Definition
a.whorled b.spiral or alternate c.opposite
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What are the parts of a flower?
Definition
a.stamen or filament b.style or pistil c.petal d.sepal e.stigma

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incomplete flower
Definition
a flower lacking either a sepal, petal, stamen, or pistil
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parenchyma
Definition
includes the palisade tissue and the spongy tissue
Term
pistil
Definition
the female organ of the flower
Term
reproductive organs
Definition
flowers, furits, seeds
Term
stamen
Definition
the male organ of a flower
Term
vegetative organs
Definition
leaves, stems, and roots
Term
venation
Definition
the vein pattern of the blade of a leaf
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The reproductive pattern of the life cycle of a fern is called what?
Definition
alternation of generations
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Most gymnosperms reproduce sexually how?
Definition
by means of male pollen cones and female seed cones
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The primary function of leaves is what?
Definition
to use energy from the sun and transform raw materials into plant food
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Vascular tisues, call xylem, do what?
Definition
bring water and dissolved minerals to all leaf cells
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Grafting is one method of what?
Definition
taking a cutting from plant and attaching it to a rooted stem of another plant called the stock.
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What are the tow main types of root systems in plants?
Definition
taproots and fibrous roots
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A perfect flower must possess what sturctures?
Definition
female pistil and male stamens
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What is the prupose of fruit?
Definition
protect seeds from insects and disease
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In what way do angiosperms and gymnosperms differ?
Definition
Angiosperms have covered or enclosed seeds, but gymnosperms have exposed seeds.
Term
What are the three regions of development in a root?
Definition
apical meristem, zone of elongation, zone of maturation
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Of what three parts do all seeds consist?
Definition
embryo, food supply, seed coat
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The stem of the fern, the rhizome, grows how?
Definition
The rhizome grows horizontally underground with roots branching from the rhizome.
Term
What are the two main parts of most leaves?
Definition
blade and petiole
Term
What kind of fruit is a pineapple?
Definition
multiple
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Leaves do what?
Definition
carry on photosynthesis
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What includes spongy tissue and palisade tissue?
Definition
parenchyma
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What is alternation of generations?
Definition
the reproductive pattern of the life cycle of a fern
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WHat causes the diameter of a woody stem to increase?
Definition
secondary tissues are added
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What is the difference in cross-pollination and self-pollination?
Definition
Cross-pollination is the transfer of pollen to a flower on a different plant. Self-pollination is the transfer of pollen to a stigma on the same flower or another flower on the same plant.
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