Plant Systems

Question 1

What would you need to conduct an investigation about how fungal population recycles nutrients?

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hand lens

Question 2

What are the conducting cells in phloem tissue?

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Sieve Tube Cells

Question 3

What is the function of the stomata?

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regulation of water loss

Question 4

What plant system carries auxin to move to the darker side of the plant?

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vascular system

Question 5

The response in a venus fly trap when it snaps shut due to external stimuli is called

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nastic response

Question 6

Why would two cells in the same organism look different?

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They have different functions and have specialized

Question 7

Which tissue covers all surfaces that come into contact with the external environment?

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epithelial tissue

Question 8

In dicot plants, the leaf tissue that is column-shaped cells where most photosynthesis occurs

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is the palisade mesophyll

Question 9

The main supporting cells in plants are

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sclerenchyma cells

Question 10

The main function of the xylem is to

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transport water and minerals up from the roots

Question 11

The highest level of organization in an organism is

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the organ system

Question 12

The cells in mesophyll that are responsible for photosynthesis and storage are called

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parenchyma

Question 13

The interconnected tubes and vessels that interact to transport water & nutrients in plants is

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vascular tissue

Question 14

The shoot of a plant growing upward from the ground is an example of

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geotrophism

Question 15

Complex transport tubes that move water, nutrients, and sugars in plants are considered

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tissues

Question 16

The response in honeysuckle plants that make them cling to a fence is an example of

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thigmotrophism

Question 17

Why is it important for organisms to respond to external environmental factors?

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to maintain homeostasis

Question 18

The transport of sugars down from the leaves is the main function of the

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phloem

Question 19

One of the main foods of sea otters is sea urchin, which eat kelp. The kelp is home to fish.

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destroying the otters will cause the fish pop. to decrease

Question 20

elongated cells in celery stalks, with unevenly thickened cell walls that provide support are

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collenchyma cells

Question 21

What is the order of reproductive tissues in angiosperms from simplest to most complex?

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sperm, pollen, anther, flower, plant

Question 22

The suffix -ase indicates a chemical is a(n)

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enzyme

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