AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANT KINGDOM
CH. 29 & 30: PLANT DIVERSITY
1. Label the diagram to illustrate alternation of generations
2. Describe the difference between vascular and non-vascular plants __________________
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3. Explain the difference between Gymnosperm and Angiosperm plants and give examples
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4. What are the names of the two main types of vascular tissue in plants and what is their
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5. What are megasporangia and microsporangia?________________________________
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6. What is the adaptative value of flowers to angiosperm plants______________________
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7. Label the parts of a flower
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8. discuss some fruit adaptations that help plants disperse their seeds__________________
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9. describe two differences between monocots and dicots
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Chapter 35: plant structure
1. List the basic plant organs and their function
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2. What is the function of root hairs?___________________________________________
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3. list and describe five types of modified leaves
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4. Give a brief description and example of the following plant tissues
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b. phloem_______________________________________________________________
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c. parenchyma___________________________________________________________
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d. collenchyma__________________________________________________________
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e. sclerenchyma__________________________________________________________
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f. dermal tissue__________________________________________________________
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5. Describe the two main types of meristematic tissues
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6. Label the tissue organization of stems.
7. Label the tissue organization of leaves
8. What is the difference between heartwood and sapwood?
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Chapter 36: transport is vascular plants
1. what is the most important active transport protein in the plasma membrane of plant
cells and why is it so important________________________________________________
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2. What is water potential?___________________________________________________
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3. Describe the mechanisms of water transport in plants
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b. cohesion and adhesion_______________________________________________
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c. root pressure_______________________________________________________
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4. What three cues contributes to stomata opening at dawn? ________________________
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5. What are adaptations to arid climates that Xerophytes have evolved?________________
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6. How do Mycorrhizae help plants?___________________________________________
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