Exam 31: Plant Structure, Nutrition, and Transport

Approximately 90 percent of all plants are angiosperms. What unique feature(s) could account for their tremendous success?

What best explains why sugar maple trees are tapped on the sun-warmed south side of the trunk?

Fibrous root systems have one predominant root and many smaller roots near the top of the main root.

Which of the following "carnivorous" plants has (have) moving parts that help them capture prey?

In terms of their energy needs, solar energy is converted to chemical energy primarily within the plant's

Dermal tissues typically

Plants are protected from herbivores by ______ tissue, which also controls gas exchange.

Most above-ground plant growth occurs with the repeated addition of ______ units.

Although plants require nine macronutrients, plants fertilizers typically provide just nitrogen, phosphorus, and ________.

The outer waxy covering on plants is called

Mosses would be placed in which group of plants?

A tendril on a grape vine is a modified

Worldwide, humans obtain more than 80 percent of their calories from

Most carnivorous plants obtain energy through photosynthesis; they consume insects to obtain _______ .

The figure below illustrates how food is transported in phloem tissue. At what step(s) during the movement of sugar is metabolic energy provided by the plant?

Which of the following statements is true?

Like other organisms, plants are composed of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. Based on this, which of the following would be a micronutrient?

The basic plant body consists of a root system and a _____ system.

In a plant leaf, photosynthesis occurs in the

The tension produced during transpiration _________ a column of water extending all the way to the roots through the xyxlem.