Exam 33: Organization of the Plant Body

Which term refers to plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season?

What is the term for a single main root that is adapted for storage and which typically grows downward and fairly deep?

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -one cotyledon

Which term refers to primary and secondary xylem that can no longer transport water and solutes, but which instead is strengthened dry tissue where some defensive compounds are stored?

Which term refers to growth from apical meristems that generally results in an increase in the length of a plant?

Imagine that you have found a mutant oak plant that CANNOT produce vascular cambium. What would be the most direct result of this mutation?

Which type of anatomical feature is a plant stem considered to be?

Which of the following most directly gives rise to secondary xylem and phloem?

Which term refers to a coating that is secreted by epidermal cells and which protects the plant from water loss and attacks by microbes?

Which term refers to the place on a stem where one or more leaves are attached?

Which term refers to the external form of a plant?

Which term refers to the mechanisms by which the body of a plant functions in its environment?

What is a crocus an example of?

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -vascular bundles organized in a ring in ground tissue

What part of a plant consists of self-perpetuating embryonic tissue that is typically found at the tips of shoots and roots?

For a stem that has a vascular cylinder, which sequence of structures is in the correct order, from outside to inside?

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -leaf veins in a netlike array

Which type of plant tissue is considered primarily photosynthetic?

Which type of plant tissue is specialized for conducting fluids?

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -parallel leaf veins