Plants Flashcards
(35 cards)
what is the oldest living plant and how does it survive?
the bristle pine, it grows slowly and survives harsh conditions
Q: What is the fastest growing plant?
A: Bamboo — it can grow 30 meters in 90 day
Q: How do climbing plants like ivy and passion flower compete for light?
A: They climb other plants using pads or tendrils to reach sunlight.
Q: What are air plants and how do they survive?
A: Plants like orchids and bromeliads that grow on treetops and absorb water through roots and nutrients from trapped debris.
Q: How does the sundew capture insects?
A: With sticky tentacles that trap and digest insects for nitrogen.
Q: How does the Venus flytrap work?
A: It snaps shut using trigger hairs and digests the insect over 10 days.
Q: Why do plants have flowers?
A: For reproduction — to attract pollinators with scent, color, nectar, and warmth.
Q: How do sunflowers optimize pollination?
A: They rotate to face the sun and produce nectar during peak pollinator activity.
Q: What bird pollinates the Richea honeybush?
black currowong
Q: How does the sandhill milkweed defend itself from monarch caterpillars?
A: By producing latex sap that can trap or kill caterpillars.
Q: How does the heliconia manipulate hummingbirds?
A: By rationing nectar, forcing birds to return often and become dependent.
Q: How does Brunsvigia disperse its seeds?
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A: Its flower head breaks off and rolls in the wind like a tumbleweed
what plant uses glider like wings to disperse sends
alsomitra
Q: How does the saguaro cactus benefit from animals?
A: Animals eat its fruit and disperse seeds in droppings or by carrying them.
Q: How does the dragon’s blood tree conserve water?
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A: By catching mist and shading the ground to reduce evaporation
Q: What does the desert rose do during dry periods?
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A: Stores water in its trunk and flowers after shedding leaves
Q: What adaptation helps pine trees survive winter?
A: Waxy needle leaves that reduce water loss.
Q: When did plants first colonize land?
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A: Around 472 million years ago
Q: What were the oldest plants?
A: Liverworts (a relative of green algae).
Q: Why do we need plants? (3 reasons)
A:
Regulate climate.
Help create soil and allow land-based life to evolve.
Provide oxygen and food.
Q: Are plants unicellular or multicellular?
A: Multicellular.
Are plant cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
A: Eukaryotic.
Q: How do plants make their own food?
A: Through photosynthesis using chlorophyll.
Q: What type of reproductive cycle do plants have?
A: Alternation of generations.
