Exam 35: Plant Structure, Nutrition, and Transport

The type of plant tissue indicated by the letter A in the diagram below of a plant stem is ground tissue.

Why do some plants, like beans and peas, contain bacteria in compartments in their roots?

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

Water and nutrients are taken up from soil by

In a plant leaf, photosynthesis occurs in the

Flowers, rather than leaves, develop when a small number of genes are turned on.

What process "powers" water transport from the root to shoot of a plant?

Roots perform all of the following functions except

Mycorrhizae are composed of

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

What observation would indicate that the thorns on a rose bush are actually modified stems?

Which of the following statements is true?

The most abundant plant cell type in ground tissue is ____________________.

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

Dermal hairs are more common on plants living at high elevations because at higher elevations

A benefit of using organic fertilizers over synthetic fertilizers is that organic fertilizers

____________________ is the evaporation of water from the surface of a leaf.

The typical leaf is broad and flat. This structure maximizes the amount of

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

A cotyledon is the