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Name two basic differences between non-vascular and vascular plants
Differentiate between a cone and a fruit
Compare the structure of a spore with that of a seed
Describe the main difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms
List three characteristics that distinguish monocots from dicots
What is a cuticle? And what is its main function?
Describe the vascular tissues of a plant
What is a rhizome?
Describe the structures of the three major plant tissue systems
Distinguish between primary growth and secondary growth in a tree
What is the difference between a taproot and a fibrous root?
Explain how root hairs increase the ability of a plant to absorb water from the soil
What are the major functions performed by the root systems of plants?
Describe how water is transported through xylem tissue
Explain why a plant species might develop thorny stems in response to its environment
What is the difference between a simple leaf and compound leaf and a double compound leaf
Describe that basic function of each of the three leaf tissues.
Explain the function of guard cells.
Compare the structure and function of parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma cells
Explain why stems vary in shape and growth patterns
Explain why all leaves do not look alike
Name the male and female gametophytes in flowering plants
How do the flowers of wind pollinated plants differ from the flowers of animal pollinated
plants?
Name the three common methods of fruit and seed dispersal
What are important commercial uses of auxins, gibberellins, and ethylene?
Give an example of each of the four types of tropism
What is a nastic movement?
Explain how a tropism and a nastic movement differ