Chapter 2

Question 1

Botanist

Answer 1

The branch of science that studies plants is botany, and scientist who specialize in plants are called botanists

Question 2

Ovule

Answer 2

Plants future seeds (female)

Question 3

Embryo, endosperm

Answer 3

Stored food

Question 4

Seed coat

Answer 4

Surrounds the embryo and endosperm and protects the seed until it can grow

Question 5

Plumule

Answer 5

The tiny shoot that will become the stem and leaves

Question 6

Radicle

Answer 6

The small root that will develop into the root system

Question 7

Cotyledons

Answer 7

Structures designed for food absorption and storage (food source)

Question 8

Germination

Answer 8

The early growth of a seed

Question 9

Fruit

Answer 9

When the ovary is fully developed and ripened

Question 10

Annual

Answer 10

Lives only in one one growing season

Question 11

Biennial

Answer 11

Lives for 2 growing seasons

Question 12

Perenial

Answer 12

Lives from year to year and blooms each growing season

Question 13

Angiosperm

Answer 13

Produce covered seeds

Question 14

Gymnosperm

Answer 14

Produce uncovered seeds

Question 15

Producers

Answer 15

Plants (make their own food)

Question 16

Consumers

Answer 16

Organisms that eat other organisms

Question 17

Simple leaf

Answer 17

Have only one blade attached to a petiole

Question 18

Compound leaf

Answer 18

Has more than one blade joined to a petiole

Question 19

Leaflet

Answer 19

The blades of a compound leaf

Question 20

Leaf margin

Answer 20

Edges of leaves, provide another way to distinguish between plants

Question 21

Venation

Answer 21

Vein patterns

Question 22

Chlorophyll

Answer 22

The green pigment of plants that is necessary for photosythesis

Question 23

Stoma

Answer 23

One of the minute openings in the epidermis of a plant organ (such as a leaf) through which gaseous interchange takes place; also: the opening with its associated cellular structures

Question 24

Glucose

Answer 24

Sugar

Question 25

Taproot system

Answer 25

Primary root grows straight down and remains larger than the seconday roots that branch out from it

Question 26

Fibrous root system

Answer 26

In which the primary root remains small and many slender roots grow from it in all directions

Question 27

Root caps

Answer 27

Protects new cell as they push through the soil to lengthen the root