BIO 1500 Exam #2 Questions and
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Some functions of _____ include: anchorage, absorption of water and minerals for the
plant. - ✔✔roots
Some functions of ______ include: photosynthesis, support, transport of water +
minerals, and reproduction. - ✔✔shoots
Animal cells lack _______ ________, which act as water storage centers for plant cells. -
✔✔central vacuoles
Animal cells lack ____________, which transform sunlight into sugars for the plant to
use as food. - ✔✔chloroplasts
Animal cells lack _______ ____ _____, which are extensible and comprised of cellulose
fibers. - ✔✔primary cell walls
Primary cell walls are thin, flexible, and able to be extended, while secondary cell walls
are _____ and thicker. - ✔✔stiff
Secondary cell walls contain ______ that provides strength and structure. - ✔✔liguin
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,Meristems are significant to plants because these tissues are essential to _____ ______. -
✔✔plant growth
Meristem cells divide by mitosis into two different types of cells. ________________ cells
are the cells that continue to divide and give rise to other cells. - ✔✔Undifferentiated
(aka meristem cells)
________________ cells are produced from meristem cells dividing by mitosis, and are
specialized for a particular function and do not continue to divide. - ✔✔Differentiated
______ _________ are found in the toot and shoot apexes and cause the roots and shoots
to increase in length. - ✔✔Apical meristems
All plants have ______ meristems, therefore, all plants can increase in length. - ✔✔apical
_______ _________ are found in the vascular and cork cambium and cause the roots and
stems to increase in girth (width). - ✔✔Lateral meristems
Increase in the ______ of the shoot and root is known as primary growth. - ✔✔length
Increase in the ______ of the shoot and root is known as secondary growth. - ✔✔width
(or girth)
______ _________ give rise to three primary meristem tissues: dermal, ground, and
vascular tissues. - ✔✔Apical meristems
________ gives rise to dermal tissues. - ✔✔Protoderm
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,______ ________ differentiates into ground tissues. - ✔✔Ground meristem
__________ gives rise to vascular tissues. - ✔✔Procambium
______ tissues are complex, and provides protection to the plant. They're also known as
a plant's "skin". - ✔✔Dermal
______ tissues are simple, and function in storage, photosynthesis, and support to a
plant. - ✔✔Ground
________ tissues are complex, and conduct water and nutrients throughout a plant. -
✔✔Vascular
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as __________, are loosely
packed, only a primary cell wall, are alive at maturity, and some contain chloroplasts. -
✔✔parenchyma
What are chlorenchyma? - ✔✔A special type of parenchyma that contain chloroplasts.
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as __________, function in
storage, secretion, photosynthesis, wound repair, and reproduction for a plant. -
✔✔parenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ___________, contain only a
primary cell wall, and are alive at maturity. - ✔✔collenchyma
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, One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ___________, function in
support for a plant. - ✔✔collenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ____________, contain both
primary and secondary cell walls, and are dead at maturity. - ✔✔sclerenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ____________, include fibers
and sclerids (stone cells) that function in strength and mechanical protection for plants.
- ✔✔sclerenchyma
Ground cells that are alive at maturity have ___________ that form in the cell walls. -
✔✔protoplasts (nucleus and chloroplasm)
The type of vascular tissue known as _____ conducts water and dissolved minerals
from roots to shoots. - ✔✔xylem
The type of vascular tissue known as ______ distributes sugars throughout the plant. -
✔✔phloem
One of the conducting cells found in xylem, _______, are continuous tubes formed from
dead members arranged end-to-end and contain perforation plates that separates one
member from the other. - ✔✔vessels
One of the conducting cells found in xylem, ________, are elongated dead cells with
tapering ends that contain pits. - ✔✔tracheids
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Some functions of _____ include: anchorage, absorption of water and minerals for the
plant. - ✔✔roots
Some functions of ______ include: photosynthesis, support, transport of water +
minerals, and reproduction. - ✔✔shoots
Animal cells lack _______ ________, which act as water storage centers for plant cells. -
✔✔central vacuoles
Animal cells lack ____________, which transform sunlight into sugars for the plant to
use as food. - ✔✔chloroplasts
Animal cells lack _______ ____ _____, which are extensible and comprised of cellulose
fibers. - ✔✔primary cell walls
Primary cell walls are thin, flexible, and able to be extended, while secondary cell walls
are _____ and thicker. - ✔✔stiff
Secondary cell walls contain ______ that provides strength and structure. - ✔✔liguin
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,Meristems are significant to plants because these tissues are essential to _____ ______. -
✔✔plant growth
Meristem cells divide by mitosis into two different types of cells. ________________ cells
are the cells that continue to divide and give rise to other cells. - ✔✔Undifferentiated
(aka meristem cells)
________________ cells are produced from meristem cells dividing by mitosis, and are
specialized for a particular function and do not continue to divide. - ✔✔Differentiated
______ _________ are found in the toot and shoot apexes and cause the roots and shoots
to increase in length. - ✔✔Apical meristems
All plants have ______ meristems, therefore, all plants can increase in length. - ✔✔apical
_______ _________ are found in the vascular and cork cambium and cause the roots and
stems to increase in girth (width). - ✔✔Lateral meristems
Increase in the ______ of the shoot and root is known as primary growth. - ✔✔length
Increase in the ______ of the shoot and root is known as secondary growth. - ✔✔width
(or girth)
______ _________ give rise to three primary meristem tissues: dermal, ground, and
vascular tissues. - ✔✔Apical meristems
________ gives rise to dermal tissues. - ✔✔Protoderm
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,______ ________ differentiates into ground tissues. - ✔✔Ground meristem
__________ gives rise to vascular tissues. - ✔✔Procambium
______ tissues are complex, and provides protection to the plant. They're also known as
a plant's "skin". - ✔✔Dermal
______ tissues are simple, and function in storage, photosynthesis, and support to a
plant. - ✔✔Ground
________ tissues are complex, and conduct water and nutrients throughout a plant. -
✔✔Vascular
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as __________, are loosely
packed, only a primary cell wall, are alive at maturity, and some contain chloroplasts. -
✔✔parenchyma
What are chlorenchyma? - ✔✔A special type of parenchyma that contain chloroplasts.
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as __________, function in
storage, secretion, photosynthesis, wound repair, and reproduction for a plant. -
✔✔parenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ___________, contain only a
primary cell wall, and are alive at maturity. - ✔✔collenchyma
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, One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ___________, function in
support for a plant. - ✔✔collenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ____________, contain both
primary and secondary cell walls, and are dead at maturity. - ✔✔sclerenchyma
One of the types of cells found in ground tissue, known as ____________, include fibers
and sclerids (stone cells) that function in strength and mechanical protection for plants.
- ✔✔sclerenchyma
Ground cells that are alive at maturity have ___________ that form in the cell walls. -
✔✔protoplasts (nucleus and chloroplasm)
The type of vascular tissue known as _____ conducts water and dissolved minerals
from roots to shoots. - ✔✔xylem
The type of vascular tissue known as ______ distributes sugars throughout the plant. -
✔✔phloem
One of the conducting cells found in xylem, _______, are continuous tubes formed from
dead members arranged end-to-end and contain perforation plates that separates one
member from the other. - ✔✔vessels
One of the conducting cells found in xylem, ________, are elongated dead cells with
tapering ends that contain pits. - ✔✔tracheids
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