Chapter 2

Question 1

Who realized that flowers are organs for plant reproduction?

Answer 1

Sprengel

Question 2

What part of the flower produces pollen grains?

Answer 2

Anther

Question 3

What are the leaf-like structures that protect the flower bud?

Answer 3

Sepals

Question 4

What is the purpose of flower petals?

Answer 4

To attract pollinators

Question 5

What allows the sperm cells from pollen to travel to the egg?

Answer 5

Pollen tube

Question 6

What part of the seed becomes the stem and leaves?

Answer 6

Plummule

Question 7

What part of the seed becomes the root system?

Answer 7

Radicle

Question 8

A fruit is a ripened _______________ of a flower.

Answer 8

Ovary

Question 9

Mechanical dispersal is when a plant uses ___________________ to disperse seeds.

Answer 9

Itself

Question 10

Agent dispersal is when a plant uses ________________________to disperse seeds.

Answer 10

Wind or something else

Question 11

What do seeds require to start germination?

Answer 11

Water

Question 12

Primary plant growth is measured by?

Answer 12

Length

Question 13

When is a plant considered a seedling?

Answer 13

When the cotyledons shrivel and die

Question 14

What flower family is composed of both ray and disk flowers?

Answer 14

Composite

Question 15

What flower family has legumes?

Answer 15

Pea

Question 16

What is another name for the Buttercup family?

Answer 16

Crowfoot

Question 17

Mint flowers commonly form?

Answer 17

Spikes

Question 18

Queen Anne’s Lace is also called?

Answer 18

Wild carrot or bird’s nest

Question 19

What type of ovary does an amaryllis flower have?

Answer 19

Inferior

Question 20

Where does the leaf attach to the stem?

Answer 20

Node

Question 21

What is the fertilized fruit of a grass plant?

Answer 21

Grain

Question 22

What group of plants is the most important group of plants on earth?

Answer 22

Grass

Question 23

Where is the green pigment stored in the cells of a leaf?

Answer 23

Chloroplasts

Question 24

Nonwoody plants are called?

Answer 24

Herbacous

Question 25

What is plant reproduction without flowers, seeds, ect?

Answer 25

Vegetative reproduction

Question 26

What are the storage cells that surround the root transport system?

Answer 26

Cortex

Question 27

Xylem carries water

Answer 27

Upward

Question 28

What is the upward force that results as water enters the roots?

Answer 28

Root pressure

Question 29

What is the process of water evaporating from the leaves?

Answer 29

Transpiration

Question 30

Pollination

Answer 30

Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma

Question 31

Fertilization

Answer 31

The combination of pollen and ovules

Question 32

Biennial

Answer 32

lives for 2 growing seasons

Question 33

Angiosperm

Answer 33

flowering plant

Question 34

Legumes

Answer 34

help the nitrogen cycle

Question 35

Rose Family

Answer 35

has woody stems, fleshy fruits, and petals in multiples of 5

Question 36

Bulb

Answer 36

Thick, fleshy leaves around a short stem

Question 37

Stolon

Answer 37

Creeping stem

Question 38

Sessile

Answer 38

has no petiole and attaches directly to the stem (like grass)

Question 39

Compound leaf

Answer 39

Has more than 1 leaf on a petiole

Question 40

Photosynthesis

Answer 40

Converts energy into food