Photosynthesis and Plant Structure

Question 1

What is the portion of a flowering plant that is above ground called?

Answer 1

Shoot

Question 2

What is the portion of a flowering plant that is below ground called?

Answer 2

Root

Question 3

Where does growth take place in the shoot of a flowering plant?

Answer 3

Apical bud

Question 4

What happens if the apical bud is removed from the shoot?

Answer 4

Cannot grow taller but will thicken out from growth from ancillary buds

Question 5

What are the buds at the side of the shoot called?

Answer 5

Ancillary buds

Question 6

What part of the plant is flat and green and attached to the stem at nodes?

Answer 6

Leaves

Question 7

What is the region between two nodes on a plant stem called?

Answer 7

Internode

Question 8

What is the main root of a flowering plant called?

Answer 8

Taproot

Question 9

What is the reproductive part of a plant called?

Answer 9

Flower

Question 10

What does fruit contain?

Answer 10

Seeds

Question 11

What are the basic structural units of plants?

Answer 11

Cells

Question 12

What do similar cells form when they join together?

Answer 12

Tissues

Question 13

What do tissues join to form in plants?

Answer 13

Organs

Question 14

What part of the plant supports leaves and flowers and is used for transport?

Answer 14

Stem

Question 15

What is the site of photosynthesis in a plant?

Answer 15

Leaf

Question 16

What pigment absorbs light energy needed for photosynthesis?

Answer 16

Chlorophyll

Question 17

What does the root of a plant do?

Answer 17

Anchors plant and absorbs water and minerals

Question 18

What two processes do leaves carry out when light hits them?

Answer 18

Respiration and Photosynthesis

Question 19

What is the waxy layer covering leaves that prevents water loss called?

Answer 19

Cuticle

Question 20

What are the tiny pores in the cuticle that allow gas exchange called?

Answer 20

Stomata

Question 21

What controls the opening and closing of stomata?

Answer 21

Guard cells

Question 22

What is the process called that involves the evaporation of water from leaves?

Answer 22

Transpiration

Question 23

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 23

6H2O + 6CO2 + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2

Question 24

What is the process to make food in plants called?

Answer 24

Photosynthesis

Question 25

What is the importance of photosynthesis to humans?

Answer 25

Food and Producing oxygen

Question 26

What four elements are needed for photosynthesis?

Answer 26

* Water * CO2 * Light * Chlorophyll

Question 27

Fill in the blank: To test that a plant cannot make starch if one of the four elements is missing, take away one of the things, leave for 24 hours and test for _______.

Answer 27

starch

Question 28

What substance can be used to test for starch?

Answer 28

Iodine

Question 29

What is the green pigment found in chloroplasts called?

Answer 29

Chlorophyll

Question 30

What do plants convert glucose into for storage?

Answer 30

Starch

Question 31

True or False: The cuticle allows gases to pass through easily.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

What is the singular form of stomata?

Answer 32

Stoma

Question 33

What process pulls a stream of water and minerals through the plant?

Answer 33

Transpiration stream

Question 34

What is the role of chloroplasts in photosynthesis?

Answer 34

Contain chlorophyll needed to trap light energy