Biology: Plants

Question 1

What are the major functions of epidermal tissue?

Answer 1

• forms the protective outer covering

- allows for the exchange of materials and gases into and out of the plant

Question 2

What type of plant tissue forms the protective outer covering?

Answer 2

Epidermal Tissue

Question 3

What type of plant tissue allows the exchange of materials and gases into and out of the plant?

Answer 3

Epidermal Tissue

Question 4

What are the major functions of ground tissue?

Answer 4

• provides strength and suport in the stem
• stores food and water in the roots
• where photosynthesis occurs in the leaves

Question 5

What type of plant tissue provides strength and support in the stem?

Answer 5

Ground Tissue

Question 6

What type of plant tissue stores food and water in the roots?

Answer 6

Ground Tissue

Question 7

What type of plant tissue is where photosynthesis occurs in the leaves?

Answer 7

Ground Tissue

Question 8

What are the major functions of vascular tissue?

Answer 8

• moves substances from the roots to the leaves

- transports sugars from the leaves to other parts of the plant

Question 9

What type of plant tissue moves substances from the root to the leaves?

Answer 9

Vascular Tissue (Xylem)

Question 10

What type of plant tissue transports sugars from the leaves to other parts of the plant?

Answer 10

Vascular Tissue (Pholem)

Question 11

Where does photosynthsis occur in a plant?

Answer 11

In ground tissue in the leaves.

Question 12

What important process occurs in the leaves of a plant?

Answer 12

Photosynthesis

Question 13

What is xylem?

Answer 13

Xylem is the type of vascular tissue that moves water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.

Question 14

What is phloem?

Answer 14

Phloem is the type of vascular tissue that transports sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant.

Question 15

What is the written equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 15

Carbon Dioxide + Water —> Glucose + Oxygen

Question 16

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 16

CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2

Question 17

What does the following equation represent: carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen

Answer 17

Photosynthesis

Question 18

What is represented by the following equation: CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2

Answer 18

Photosynthesis

Question 19

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 19

It is the production of food (glucose) for a plant from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 20

What is the process called that makes food for a plant?

Answer 20

Photosynthesis

Question 21

What is a byproduct of photosynthesis?

Answer 21

Oxygen

Question 22

What is the primary product of photosynthesis?

Answer 22

Glucose

Question 23

What are the four types of plant tissue?

Answer 23

Meristematic, Epidermal, Ground & Vascular

Question 24

What are the four plant organs?

Answer 24

Roots, Leaf, Stem & Flower

Question 25

What is the primary function of the roots?

Answer 25

Anchor the plant in soil, collect water and store food.

Question 26

What plant organ anchors the plant in the soil, collects water and stores food?

Answer 26

The Roots

Question 27

What is the primary function of the leaf?

Answer 27

The leaf accomplishes photosynthesis.

Question 28

What plant organ accomplishes photosynthesis?

Answer 28

The Leaf

Question 29

What is the primary function of the stem?

Answer 29

Transport water and nutrients throughout the plant and support the leaves and flowers.

Question 30

What plant organ supports the plant and transports nutrients and water throughout the plant?

Answer 30

The Stem

Question 31

What is the primary function of the flower?

Answer 31

The flower is a sex organ, it needs to produce seeds through sexual reproduction.

Question 32

What plant organs produces seeds through sexual reproduction?

Answer 32

The Flower

Question 33

What are stamen?

Answer 33

The male sex organs, they contain pollen which is the male sex cell. Think of the men in stamen.

Question 34

What are the male sex organs in a plant known as?

Answer 34

Stamen

Question 35

What are pistils?

Answer 35

The female sex organs of the flower. Pistil starts with pist, which women usually are.

Question 36

What are the female sex organs in a plant known as?

Answer 36

Pistils

Question 37

What is the stamen composed of?

Answer 37

Anther and Filament

Question 38

The anther and filament are both parts of what?

Answer 38

Stamen

Question 39

What is the pistil composed of?

Answer 39

Stigma, Style and Ovary

Question 40

The stigma, style and ovary are all parts of what?

Answer 40

Pistil

Question 41

How does a flower produce seeds?

Answer 41

Well, when a mommy flower and a daddy flower love each other very much... no, but they just make the pollen and an egg from the ovary unite to become a seed.

Question 42

What is a seed surrounded by flesh called?

Answer 42

Fruit