STEM

Question 1

AERIAL PART of the plant where leaves and reproductive shoots are attached

Answer 1

STEM

Question 2

• provides MECHANICAL SUPPORT to the plant
• exposes leaves for photosynthesis
• positions the reproductive shoots for optimal access to pollinators
• conducts water and minerals from roots to leaves

Answer 2

STEM

Question 3

TYPES OF STEM

Answer 3

HERBACEOUS STEM
WOODY STEMS

Question 4

a BUD at the tip of a stem responsible for TERMINAL GROWTH

Answer 4

TERMINAL BUD

Question 5

BUDS ALONGSIDE THE AXIS OF A STEM; once they grow and form a stem they become terminal buds

Answer 5

AXILLARY BUD OR LATERAL BUD

Question 6

a bud CONTAINING THE FLORAL MERISTEM which develops into flowers

Answer 6

FLOWER BUD

Question 7

a SCAR marking the FORMER POINT OF ATTACHMENT of a leaf or petiole to the stem

Answer 7

LEAF SCAR

Question 8

PART OF STEM MARKING POINT of attachment of leaves, buds, and other stems

Answer 8

NODE

Question 9

the part of the stem BETWEEN the NODES

Answer 9

INTERNODE

Question 10

ROUGH AREAS on stems where LOOSELY PACKED CELLS extend from the cortex through the ruptured epidermis; they function as BREATHING PORES for gas exchange

Answer 10

LENTICELS

Question 11

bud scale scars from the LAST TERMINAL BUD. can be used to AGE STEMS

Answer 11

GROWTH RING

Question 12

an UNDERDEVELOPED AND UNELONGATED STEM composed of a SHORT AXIS with COMPRESSED INTERNODES, a meristematic apex, and primordial leaves and/or flowers

Answer 12

BUD

Question 13

the stem develops from the ____ of the germinating seed

Answer 13

PLUMULE

Question 14

normally it is the AERIAL PART OF THE PLANT BODY. the stem with its branches, leaves, buds, flower, and appendages is known as

Answer 14

SHOOT SYSTEM

Question 15

the stem shows the differentiation of ___ and ____

Answer 15

NODES AND INTERNODES

Question 16

the place where the LEAF DEVELOPS ON THE STEM is called the ____

Answer 16

NODE

Question 17

the portion of the stem BETWEEN TWO SUCCESSIVE NODES is called the ____

Answer 17

INTERNODE

Question 18

• located at the TIPS OF ROOTS AND SHOOTS
• GIVE RISE to three primary meristems (protoderm, ground meristem, and procambium)

Answer 18

APICAL MERISTEMS

Question 19

PRIMARY MERISTEMS

Answer 19

PROTODERM
GROUND MERISTEM
PROCAMBIUM

Question 20

develops into GROUND TISSUES

Answer 20

GROUND EMRISTEM

Question 21

develops into VASCULAR TISSUES

Answer 21

PROCAMBIUM

Question 22

develops into the DERMAL SYSTEM

Answer 22

PROTODERM

Question 23

are cylindrical, SECONDARY EMRISTEMS in both stem and root that give rise to either VASCULAR TISSUE OR SECONDARY DERMAL TISSUES.

Answer 23

LATERAL MERISTEMS

Question 24

located between xylem and phloem; produces secondary xylem and phloem

Answer 24

VASCULAR CAMBIUM

Question 25

located between phloem and bark; produces bark to reduce water loss and protects stem (in woody plants only)

Answer 25

CORK CAMBIUM / PHELLOGEN

Question 26

produces PRIMARY xylem and phloem

Answer 26

PROCAMBIUM

Question 27

growth that occurs during a FINITE JUVENILE PHASE, and then stops

Answer 27

DETERMINATE GROWTH

Question 28

growth that occurs THROUGHTOUR THE LIFE of the organism

Answer 28

INDETERMINATE GROWTH

Question 29

lives for about A YEAR, flowers and dies

Answer 29

ANNUAL PLANT

Question 30

lives for MORE THAN ONE YEAR

Answer 30

PERENNIAL PLANT

Question 31

GROWING POINT of the stem

Answer 31

BUD

Question 32

single bud LOCATED AT THE APEX of the stem

Answer 32

TERMINAL BUD

Question 33

protects and covers the bud

Answer 33

BUD SCALES

Question 34

MARKS leaves on the stem from the PREVIOUS YEARS which serve as an EXTERNAL MEASURE OF ANNUAL GROWTH.

Answer 34

Terminal bud scale scars

Question 35

occur in the LEAF AXILS on the SIDE OF A STEM

Answer 35

Lateral buds/Axillary buds

Question 36

MARK that leaves on the stem after the LEAF FALLS DOWN

Answer 36

LEAF SCAR

Question 37

pores that facilitate GAS EXCHANGE

Answer 37

LENTICELS

Question 38

segment of stem where LEAVES AND LATERAL BUDS ARE ATTACHED.

Answer 38

NODE

Question 39

section of a stem BETWEEN TWO NODES

Answer 39

INTERNODE

Question 40

used in the IDENTIFICATION OF THE WOODY PLANTS and it is a mark left in the leaf scar from the VASCULAR TISSUE ATTACHMENT

Answer 40

BUNDLE SCAR

Question 41

the OUTERMOST LAYER of the stem and usually functions to waterproof, protect and control gas exchange.

Answer 41

EPIDERMIS

Question 42

lies BELOW THE EPIDERMIS, it consists of hypodermis, parenchyma cell, and endodermis

Answer 42

CORTEX

Question 43

comprises of phloem and xylem.

Answer 43

VASCULAR BUNDLES

Question 44

dense, multi-branched evergreen shrub

Answer 44

SANTAN / SCARLET JUNGLE FLAME Ixora coccinea Rubiaceae

Question 45

SCIENTIFIC NAME: SANTAN / SCARLET JUNGLE FLAME

Answer 45

Ixora coccinea

Question 46

FAMILY NAME: SANTAN

Answer 46

RUBIACEAE

Question 47

COMMON NAME: Ixora coccinea

Answer 47

SANTAN / SCARLET JUNGLE FLAME

Question 48

thin, soft and GREEN IN COLOR except those that grow underground; herbs

Answer 48

HERBACEOUS STEMS

Question 49

Plants with herbaceous stems are also known as

Answer 49

HERBS

Question 50

TALLER, THICKER, and harder than herbaceous stems

Answer 50

WOODY STEMS