Biodiversity Exam 3: Dr. Brooks FAU
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How do plants collect and conserve energy? - CORRECT ANSWER - through their leaves
what is the structure that provides positioning and support of the leaves? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Stem
What do the roots do? - CORRECT ANSWER - provide anchorage and absorb water from
the ground
What part of the plant regulates gas exchange? - CORRECT ANSWER - Stomata
What is the function of guard cells? - CORRECT ANSWER - surround the stomata
What is a runner(stolon)? - CORRECT ANSWER - New plants arise at the nodes on an
above-ground horizontal stem
What type of plants have a runner? - CORRECT ANSWER - strawberries
what is a rhizome? - CORRECT ANSWER - horizontal underground stem
what type of plants have a rhizome? - CORRECT ANSWER - grass
What are new shoots that arise from axillary buds on enlarged tips of slender underground
rhizomes? - CORRECT ANSWER - tuber
, What type of plants have tuber growth? - CORRECT ANSWER - potatoes
What is a corm? - CORRECT ANSWER - new plants arises from axillary buds on short,
thick, vertical, underground stems
What is an example of a corm plant? - CORRECT ANSWER - gladiolus
What is a Bulb stem? - CORRECT ANSWER - arises from a axillary bud on a short
underground stem and consists of fleshy leaves
What is an example of a bulb plant? - CORRECT ANSWER - onion
What does the epidermis consist of in plants? - CORRECT ANSWER - cuticle and guard
cells w/ stomata
what is the cuticle made up of? - CORRECT ANSWER - cutin and is secreted by the
epidermis to create a waterproof waxy affect atop of leaves
What are vascular tissues responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - moving fluids through
the plant
True or False: xylem cells are dead at maturity? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What is are tracheids? - CORRECT ANSWER - thinner tube-shaped cells with perforated
endplates, more restrictive of water flow
What is the vessel member? - CORRECT ANSWER - large tube-shaped cells with no
endplates which allows for greater water flow
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How do plants collect and conserve energy? - CORRECT ANSWER - through their leaves
what is the structure that provides positioning and support of the leaves? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Stem
What do the roots do? - CORRECT ANSWER - provide anchorage and absorb water from
the ground
What part of the plant regulates gas exchange? - CORRECT ANSWER - Stomata
What is the function of guard cells? - CORRECT ANSWER - surround the stomata
What is a runner(stolon)? - CORRECT ANSWER - New plants arise at the nodes on an
above-ground horizontal stem
What type of plants have a runner? - CORRECT ANSWER - strawberries
what is a rhizome? - CORRECT ANSWER - horizontal underground stem
what type of plants have a rhizome? - CORRECT ANSWER - grass
What are new shoots that arise from axillary buds on enlarged tips of slender underground
rhizomes? - CORRECT ANSWER - tuber
, What type of plants have tuber growth? - CORRECT ANSWER - potatoes
What is a corm? - CORRECT ANSWER - new plants arises from axillary buds on short,
thick, vertical, underground stems
What is an example of a corm plant? - CORRECT ANSWER - gladiolus
What is a Bulb stem? - CORRECT ANSWER - arises from a axillary bud on a short
underground stem and consists of fleshy leaves
What is an example of a bulb plant? - CORRECT ANSWER - onion
What does the epidermis consist of in plants? - CORRECT ANSWER - cuticle and guard
cells w/ stomata
what is the cuticle made up of? - CORRECT ANSWER - cutin and is secreted by the
epidermis to create a waterproof waxy affect atop of leaves
What are vascular tissues responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - moving fluids through
the plant
True or False: xylem cells are dead at maturity? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What is are tracheids? - CORRECT ANSWER - thinner tube-shaped cells with perforated
endplates, more restrictive of water flow
What is the vessel member? - CORRECT ANSWER - large tube-shaped cells with no
endplates which allows for greater water flow
