Lecture 12

Question 1

Anchorage

Answer 1

Shoots up the plant and can remain on a. position the allows it to carry out photosynthesis effectively.

Question 2

Root Strorage

Answer 2

A means for surviving the winter and resuming growth the following spring.

Question 3

Some biennial root that we harvest include

Answer 3

Beet, Carrots, and radishes.

Question 4

When is sugar beet harvested?

Answer 4

fall

Question 5

Rhizobia

Answer 5

form unique relationships with legumes.

Question 6

Crown

Answer 6

is the base stem from the root and parallel to the ground.

Question 7

Tap group

Answer 7

has 1 main root and many roots coming from it. Can penetrate hard soils.

Question 8

What are root hairs crucially important for?

Answer 8

Absorption.

Question 9

What must the root hair be in contact with?

Answer 9

Water, nutrients, and oxygen.

Question 10

Transplanting

Answer 10

Moving a plant/tree along with taking dirt with it so you don’t break any root hairs.

Question 11

How do rot hairs take up water?

Answer 11

Osmosis. High concentration to low concentration.

Question 12

what does a root xylem do?

Answer 12

bring water to the shoot and the rest of the plant

Question 13

Behind the cell enlargemnt is the area of?

Answer 13

cell maturation

Question 14

What does the root cap cover?

Answer 14

apical (grasses: intercalary)

Question 15

What is the original root called?

Answer 15

radical. The first to emerge.

Question 16

How do you get sugar form the beet?

Answer 16

1. ) collected and refined.
2. ) pulp remaining is rich food for animals.
3. ) Sugar is the same.

Question 17

Roots perform four vita; plant functions:

Answer 17

1. ) Absorption of water and inorganic nutrients.
2. ) anchoring of the plant body to the ground, and supporting it.
3. ) Storage of food and nutrients.
4. ) trans locating water and minerals to the stem.