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Plants
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1. Change root structure entirely - make little bubble roots to help acquire nitrogen and phosphorous in exchange for sugars
lateral meristem (secondary growth)
collenchyma
bubble shaped bacteria
potential energy
2. Organic molecules (materials) - enzymes (workers) - DNA (blueprint)
alternation of generation
Why are plants important?
ring-porous wood
three classes of biochemical components
3. Stick straight up and act like straws in swamp and mangrove plants
monomer
pneumatophores
evidence to counter Larry's diatribe
plasmodesta
4. Mycorrhizas and the bubble shaped guys
cell wall
vacuole
the two major symbiotic microbial organisms to plant roots
Calvin Cycle
5. Made of monosaccharides - building blocks of life - sugars
lipds
carbohydrates
roots
potential energy
6. Outer layer - barrier to animals and pathogens
dermal tissue
nucleus
diffuse-porous wood
oxidation
7. Produces bisexual spores - they become gametophytes w/ egg and sperm (study the picture)
electron transport chain
fern life cycle
reduction
stems
8. CO2 (exhale) + H20 + ATP (energy) ? CH20 (food) + 02 (air)
epidermis
reduction
respiration equation
monomer
9. CO2 - H2O - NADH - (ATP)
microspore
byproducts of cellular respiration
apical meristem
epidermis
10. General purpose cell. thin primary cell wall. most common
epidermis
parenchyma
alternation of generation
challenges to sustainable forestry
11. 1. Prokaryotes are approximately the same size as their organelle counterparts. 2. Double membrane 3. Chloroplasts and mitochondria have their own unique circular DNA
glycolysis
Three evidences of endosymbiotic theory
xylem
Endoplasmic Reticulum
12. Gather and convert light energy - control CO2 and water loss
gametophyte
Golgi Apparatus
Differences between mosses - ferns - conifers - and flowering plants.
leaves
13. Root hairs capture water and minerals and move them through (symplasticly) or between (apoplasticly) cells until the endodermis filters it into the vascular tissue
aerial roots
kinetic energy
symplasticly
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
14. Alternate between sporophyte and gametophyte in the plant life cycle
asexual reproduction
alternation of generation
the three developmental zones in a plant root
phloem
15. Root apical meristem (quiescent center - or zone of cell division) - zone of elongation - zone of maturation
three traits plants developed in response to sessile nature
the three developmental zones in a plant root
spines
stems
16. Free energy plants get out of the reactant's potential energy
regeneration
pneumatophores
kinetic energy
Krebs cycle
17. Rigid support - mostly found in bark. two types -- fibers and sclereids
heterosporous
sclerenchyma
stolons
Three evidences of endosymbiotic theory
18. Web of protein strands throughout the cell that allows organelles and molecules to move via motor proteins
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
cytoskeleton
sporophyte
indeterminate growth
19. Cytoskeleton -- motor proteins carry molecules and organelles across microtubule tracks
spines
transporting molecules within and between cells
the three developmental zones in a plant root
byproducts of cellular respiration
20. Addition of H2O to break apart polymer
stolons
apical meristem
oxidation
sporophyte
21. Indeterminate growth - assisted reproduction - protection (chemical deterence - spikes - internal resource transport)
ring-porous wood
vascular bundle (vein)
carbohydrates
three traits plants developed in response to sessile nature
22. Made of acetyl groups - structure energy and storage
polymer
ground tissue
monomer
lipds
23. A series of proteins in which the high-energy electrons from the Krebs cycle are used to convert ADP into ATP by redox reactions
epidermis
apical meristem
electron transport chain
organic synthesis
24. Produces secondary vascular tissue
potential energy
sclerenchyma
the three developmental zones in a plant root
vascular cambium
25. Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars. 1)reduction - 2)carbon fixation - 3)regeneration
palisade mesophyll
Golgi Apparatus
sustainable forestry
Calvin Cycle
26. Attached directly by the base
apoplasticly
sporophyte
Krebs cycle
sessile
27. Position leaves for max photosynthesis - provide resource transportation and storage - escape herbivores
vascular cambium
stems
parenchyma
Chloroplasts
28. Haploid - produces gametes through mitosis
sessile
ribosomes
gametophyte
dehydration
29. CO2 (air) + H20 (soil) + light energy (sun) ? CH20 (carbs) + 02 (oxygen)
leaves
epidermis
photosynthesis equation
three stages of respiration
30. Produces microgametophyte that stays with sporophyte plant (produces egg)
vascular bundle (vein)
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
alternation of generation
microspore
31. Diploid - produces spores through meiosis
Makes plants unique
sexual reproduction
sporophyte
Mitochondria
32. Molecule manufacturing where ribosomes are - and then products are sent to the Golgi Apparatus
Three evidences of endosymbiotic theory
Golgi Apparatus
cell membrane
Endoplasmic Reticulum
33. When xylem is blocked by air bubbles as a result of gasses clotting together after freeze-thaw cycles or extreme water-tension
cavitation
heterosporous
vacuole
regeneration
34. Second stage of cellular respiration - in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Krebs cycle
evidence to counter Larry's diatribe
homosporous
reason for the gametophyte generation
35. Develop bordered pits to prevent spreading of bubbles - tracheids let water move laterally - refill at night - produce new xylem every spring
wood products
how plants deal with cavitation
electron transport chain
fern life cycle
36. Organic compounds not directly involved in normal growth of organism. Facilitates reproduction and defense against predators.
secondary metabolites
kinetic energy
heterosporous
stems
37. Make long thin stems called 'runners' that grow above ground and aid in asexual reproduction
heterosporous
stolons
transporting molecules within and between cells
cytoskeleton
38. Increase width (girth) of stems and roots - has vascular cambium and cork cambium
lateral meristem (secondary growth)
megaspore
monomer
byproducts of cellular respiration
39. Removal of H2O to link monomer and polymers
transporting molecules within and between cells
Golgi Apparatus
cuticle
dehydration
40. The OEC splits water and transfers the electrons to the P680 or cholorphyll reaction center. In the meantime - the photosystem is absorbing light energy and funnels the energy into the p680 - from which - through a series of redox reactions - the kin
parenchyma
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
light reactions of photosynthesis
collenchyma
41. Part of calvin cycle where ATP and NADH are created
challenges to sustainable forestry
carbon fixation
Mitochondria
respiration equation
42. Produces megagametophyte that stays with sporophyte plant (produces egg)
Golgi Apparatus
megaspore
apoplasticly
ring-porous wood
43. 1) taking wood from an ecosystem also takes nutrients 2) seedling establishment isn't that easy -- lots of competition and herbivory to overcome in building a new forest
cuticle
challenges to sustainable forestry
xylem
cavitation
44. Number of ATP molecules from 1 glucose in cellular respiration (total produced -- 38 - total yield -- 36)
36
Chloroplasts
vascular tissue
cytoskeleton
45. Free energy in reactants stored in products (carbs)
apoplasticly
cell wall
vascular tissue
potential energy
46. Convert light energy to chemical energy
aerial roots
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
lipds
47. First step in releasing the energy of glucose - in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
glycolysis
carbon fixation
vascular tissue
spongy mesophyll
48. Sorting and shipping of molecules
potential energy
Golgi Apparatus
tubers
pneumatophores
49. Spore that gives rise to independent bisexual gametophyte that produces both egg and sperm (mosses and ferns)
transporting molecules within and between cells
cell wall
light reactions of photosynthesis
homosporous
50. Special pointy leaves made to protect the stem
oxidation
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
monomer
spines