Week 1

Question 1

Flowering Plants

Answer 1

Angiosperms

Question 2

Seed leaves developed in embryo

Answer 2

Cotyledons

Question 3

Plant with one cotyledon

Answer 3

Monocot

Question 4

Plant with two cotyledons

Answer 4

Eudicot

Question 5

Stem of a leaf

Answer 5

Petiole

Question 6

Blade of a leaf

Answer 6

Lamina

Question 7

Leaf vein pattern typical of Monocots

Answer 7

Parallel leaf veins

Question 8

Branching leaf veins, characteristic of Eudicots

Answer 8

Reticulate leaf veins

Question 9

Root pattern expected of Monocots

Answer 9

Shallow, fibrous roots

Question 10

Root pattern expected of Eudicots

Answer 10

Tap root with branching lateral roots

Question 11

Vascular bundle arrangement seen in Monocots

Answer 11

Scattered vascular bundles

Question 12

Vascular bundle pattern seen in Eudicots

Answer 12

Ringed vascular bundles

Question 12

Secondary growth patterns in monocots/eudicots

Answer 12

Growth rare in monocots, common in eudicots

Question 13

Cotyledons that remain underground after germination

Answer 13

Hypogynous cotyledons

Question 14

Cotyledons that are pulled above ground by the growing plant

Answer 14

Epigeous cotyledons

Question 14

Components of a shoot/module

Answer 14

Nodes, internodes, and buds

Question 15

Components of leaves

Answer 15

Petiole, lamina, and veins and mid-rib

Question 16

Leading part of a stem

Answer 16

Apical bud

Question 17

Bud emerging above a leaf node

Answer 17

Axillary bud

Question 18

Site of cell division of unspecialized plants- present anywhere a plant is actively growing

Answer 18

Meristems

Question 19

Shield of cells protecting the tip of the root meristem

Answer 19

Root cap

Question 20

Tendency of roots to spiral as they grow downwards

Answer 20

Circumnutation

Question 21

Root mutation to increase nutrient uptake

Answer 21

Cluster roots/Proteoid roots

Question 22

Responsible for allowing symbiosis with Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Answer 22

Root nodules

Question 23

Possible modifications of axillary shoots

Answer 23

Thorns or tendrils

Question 24

Thorn-like epidermal growths

Answer 24

Prickles

Question 25

Modified leaves to resemble spikes

Answer 25

Spines

Question 26

Modified stems that grow underground

Answer 26

Rhizomes

Question 27

Runners- modified above-ground stems that run horizontally

Answer 27

Stolons

Question 28

Short, round modified underground stems composed of rings

Answer 28

Bulbs

Question 29

Compressed, swollen underground stems without rings- new ones grow overtop depleted ones

Answer 29

Corms

Question 30

Enlarged, starchy modified stem tips found in potatoes- do not have a basal plate, and can propagate from sprouting nodes

Answer 30

Tubers

Question 31

Modified leaf structure in a type of carnivorous plant

Answer 31

Pitcher

Question 32

Expanded petioles acting as leaves, without a leaf blade

Answer 32

Phyllodes

Question 33

Photosynthetic stems functioning as leaves, with reduced or spiny scale leaves

Answer 33

Cladodes

Question 34

Flattened, photosynthetic stems which look and act as leaves

Answer 34

Phylloclades/Cladophylls

Question 35

Air roots- help aerate the root system

Answer 35

Pneumatophores

Question 36

Aerial roots found above ground

Answer 36

Epiphyte roots