Kingdom Plantae Flashcards

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Node

A

Points on a stem where new branches and leaves develop

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2
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Apical bud

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Tip of a plant or tip of a branch

E.g. flower bud

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3
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Auxiliary bud

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Junction between petiole and stem

E.g. leaf bud

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4
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Function of the stem

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Support the aerial parts of the plant
Storage E.g. stem tuber of a potato
Photosynthesis
Formation of buds, leaves and flowers

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5
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Tap root

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Main root with smaller roots growing from it

E.g. dandelion, carrot

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6
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Fibrous root

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Many smaller roots growing from the main plant

E.g. grass, clovers

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Adventitious roots

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Resemble fibrous roots
Can grow anywhere on stem/branches
E.g. Ivy, banyan trees

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Adventitious bud

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Developed when an apical bud has been cut off

Found anywhere in plants

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9
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Cotelydon?

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A food reserve

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10
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Monocotelydon

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1 cotyledon 
Parallel veins
Long, narrow leaf
Scattered vascular bundles
Flower parts in multiples
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11
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Dicotyledon

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2 cotyledon
Netted veins
Broad leaves
Flower parts in four or five

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12
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Function of leaves

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Photosynthesis
Transpiration
Food storage.e.g. cabbage

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13
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Lenticels

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Opening of the leaf that allows for gaseous exchange

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14
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Classification of a stem

A

Node
Internode
Auxiliary bud
Apical bud

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15
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Xylem Tracheids

A
Coniferous trees and the vessels in deciduous trees
Tapered ends
Pits present
Lignified walls
Separate cells
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16
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Xylem

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Dead at maturity

Food travels upwards only

17
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Xylem vessels

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Cylindrical cells
Connected end-to-end
Form a piping system 
Lignified walls for strengths
Pits for lateral movement of water
18
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Phloem

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Food travels upwards of downwards

19
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Cotyledon

A

An embryonic seed leaf

A direct food source and to produce food in photosynthesis

20
Q

Meristem

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Composed of many unspecialized cells that are continuously dividing by mitosis
Found in shoot, root tips and buds

21
Q

Bud

A

An undeveloped shoot

22
Q

Daytime

A

Plant photosynthesis and excretes oxygen through stomata

23
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Night

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No photosynthesis and excretes carbon dioxide