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1
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What does the endodermis possess ?

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A substance that prevents movement of water in cell wall

2
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What transports ions ?

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A layer of cells that act as scavenger cells

3
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What are the controlled nutrient supply systems ?

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  1. Aeroponics
  2. Hydroponics
  3. Aquaponics
  4. Fertiliser application
4
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What is an aeroponic system ?

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The roots are not embedded, nutrients are delivered by a fine mist

5
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What is the advantage of the aeroponic system ?

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Easy to keep disease free

6
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What is an aquaponic system ?

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Plant roots are in an tank of fish

7
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What provided the nutrients in an aquaponic system ?

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Fish provide the nitrogenous waste which is used for plant growth

8
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What are serpentine soils ?

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Soils which have high concentrations of heavy metals that occur naturally or through acid deposition

9
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What are serpentine soils characterised by ?

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High concentrations of Mg, Fe, Ni, Co, Mn and Cd

10
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What are serpentine soils derived from ?

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Weathering of ultramatic soils having high concentrations of ferromagnesium minerals

11
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What have some non-photosynthetic plants evolved to do ?

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To obtain their nutrients and organic carbon by growing in or on other plants

12
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Other than parasitism, how have non-photosynthetic plants evolved to gain nutrients ?

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Carnivory

13
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What are the three orders of flowering plants where parasitic plants are found ?

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  1. Magnoliidae
  2. Rosidae
  3. Asteridae
14
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What are holoparasites ?

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Plants that are completely parasitic on other plants and have virtually have no chlorophyll

15
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What are hemiparasites ?

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Plants that are parasitic under natural conditions and are also photosynthetic to some degree

16
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What is mistletoe an example of ?

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Holo and hemi parasites

17
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How do mistletoe grow ?

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As epiphytic parasites on the branches of trees and shrubs

18
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What do mistletoe do to obtain their food ?

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The roots grow into and connect with their hosts vascular tissue, from which they derive water and mineral nutrients but not usually organic substances

19
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What is the process by which root moves along a branch ?

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Thigmotropism

20
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What happens when the root encounters an irregularity called ?

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A swelling called a holdfast forms

21
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What binds the holdfast to the bark ?

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A cementing substance

22
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What forms to penetrate into the cortex of the host ?

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A wedge shaped structure

23
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What happens once the parasite is established in the hosts cortex ?

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An intimate connection forms between the phloem and xylem cells off the mistletoe and the phloem and xylem cells of the host

24
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What does the dwarf mistletoe do to reproduce ?

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Employs a pressurised water pump to shoot its seeds up to a distance of 20m

25
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What does the sandbox tree do ?

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It explodes like a hand grenade when mature

26
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How do dodder vines work ?

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They attach themselves to stems of plants by root like structures and penetrate the stem using infection pegs and haustoria

27
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What are some examples of insectivorous plants ?

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  1. Pitcher plant
  2. Butterwort
  3. Sunder
  4. Bladderwort
28
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How do pitfall traps work ?

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Leaves folded into deep, slippery pools filled with digestive enzymes

29
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What are the four plant groups that evolved pitfall traps ?

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  1. Caryophyllales
  2. Oxalidales
  3. Ericales
  4. Vromeliacaea
30
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How does the flypaper trap work ?

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Leaves covered in stalked glands that exude sticky mucilage

31
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What are some examples of flypaper traps ?

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  1. Sundews

2. Butterworts

32
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What are the plant orders which have evolved flypaper traps ?

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  1. Caryophyllales
  2. Ericales
  3. Lamlales
33
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What are snap traps ?

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Have hinged leaves that snap shut when trigger hairs are touched

34
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What is the plant order that has evolved a snap trap ?

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Caryophalles

35
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What are suction traps ?

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Unique to bladderworts, are highly modified leaves in the shape of the bladder with a hinged door lined with trigger hairs

36
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What is the plant order that evolved suction traps ?

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Lamlales

37
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What are lobster pot traps ?

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Twisted tubular channels lined with hairs and glands

38
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What is the plant order that lobster pot traps evolved from ?

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Caryophalleles

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