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Plants
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1. A thin membrane around the cytoplasm of a cell - gatekeeper of the cell
phloem
cell membrane
palisade mesophyll
apical meristem
2. Provides flexible support - like in celery
the two major symbiotic microbial organisms to plant roots
three traits plants developed in response to sessile nature
collenchyma
challenges to sustainable forestry
3. Convert carbs into ATP
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
cuticle
Mitochondria
transporting molecules within and between cells
4. First step in releasing the energy of glucose - in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
apical meristem
homosporous
glycolysis
cavitation
5. 1. Prokaryotes are approximately the same size as their organelle counterparts. 2. Double membrane 3. Chloroplasts and mitochondria have their own unique circular DNA
sporophyte
aerial roots
roots
Three evidences of endosymbiotic theory
6. Root apical meristem (quiescent center - or zone of cell division) - zone of elongation - zone of maturation
vascular cambium
sclerenchyma
primary metabolites
the three developmental zones in a plant root
7. Free energy plants get out of the reactant's potential energy
redox reactions
sustainable forestry
kinetic energy
aerial roots
8. Special pointy leaves made to protect the stem
vascular bundle (vein)
proteins
spines
ring-porous wood
9. Mosses have no vascular tissue. Ferns reproduce with spores. Conifers reproduce with seeds. Flowering plants have flowers.
spongy mesophyll
megaspore
Differences between mosses - ferns - conifers - and flowering plants.
collenchyma
10. CO2 - H2O - NADH - (ATP)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Differences between mosses - ferns - conifers - and flowering plants.
sclerenchyma
byproducts of cellular respiration
11. Photosynthesis and storage
lipds
ground tissue
cell wall
Why are plants important?
12. Make long thin stems called 'runners' that grow above ground and aid in asexual reproduction
alternation of generation
polymer
spines
stolons
13. Mycorrhizas and the bubble shaped guys
Makes plants unique
the two major symbiotic microbial organisms to plant roots
how plants deal with cavitation
roots
14. Made of cellulose - structure and inter-cellular transportation of nutrients via plasmodesmata.
tendrils
lipds
cell wall
vacuole
15. Between cells
three classes of biochemical components
apoplasticly
the three developmental zones in a plant root
regeneration
16. 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
Calvin Cycle
ground tissue
vascular cambium
cell wall
17. Attach themselves to other plants and suck nutrients out of the air (fog - humidity)
symplasticly
sclerenchyma
sustainable forestry
aerial roots
18. The part of the leaf for protection and gas exchange
fern life cycle
potential energy
photosynthesis equation
epidermis
19. Practice of employing management strategies to allow healthy return of timber harvest. (ex. leave mature trees - plant seedlings)
indeterminate growth
Differences between mosses - ferns - conifers - and flowering plants.
sustainable forestry
nucleus
20. When xylem is blocked by air bubbles as a result of gasses clotting together after freeze-thaw cycles or extreme water-tension
Golgi Apparatus
cork cambium
Three evidences of endosymbiotic theory
cavitation
21. Web of protein strands throughout the cell that allows organelles and molecules to move via motor proteins
collenchyma
cytoskeleton
vascular tissue
cell membrane
22. Root hairs capture water and minerals and move them through (symplasticly) or between (apoplasticly) cells until the endodermis filters it into the vascular tissue
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
palisade mesophyll
alternation of generation
23. Part of leaf for photosynthesis
sessile
palisade mesophyll
bubble shaped bacteria
fern life cycle
24. ***lets them be sexual?
reduction
ground tissue
reason for the gametophyte generation
oxidation
25. Waxy protection of leaf to protect from pathogens and let water run off it
sexual reproduction
lateral meristem (secondary growth)
sporophyte
cuticle
26. Position leaves for max photosynthesis - provide resource transportation and storage - escape herbivores
stems
carbohydrates
evidence to counter Larry's diatribe
oxidation
27. Second stage of cellular respiration - in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Golgi Apparatus
Krebs cycle
roots
heterosporous
28. Haploid - produces gametes through mitosis
carbohydrates
regeneration
light reactions of photosynthesis
gametophyte
29. The atmosphere is 21% oxygen - so that inherently means that over time plants have taken in more CO2 than they produce. this must be the case - otherwise we would all be dead.
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30. Stick straight up and act like straws in swamp and mangrove plants
monomer
plasmodesta
Calvin Cycle
pneumatophores
31. A chemical reaction involving the transfer of one or more electrons from one reactant to another; also called oxidation-reduction reaction.
Chloroplasts
redox reactions
regeneration
reason for the gametophyte generation
32. Part of calvin cycle where five G3Ps are recycled - processed - and linked to form more materials for carbon fixation
gametophyte
leaves
diffuse-porous wood
regeneration
33. Number of ATP molecules from 1 glucose in cellular respiration (total produced -- 38 - total yield -- 36)
36
Mitochondria
wood products
three traits plants developed in response to sessile nature
34. Inter-cellular links for long distance transportation of nutrients
sporophyte
36
angiosperm life cycle
plasmodesta
35. Comes in twos - sieve tubes (no nucleus) and companion cells (nourish sieve tubes) - transport sugars and nutrients
palisade mesophyll
phloem
cell wall
xylem
36. Large compound formed from combinations of many monomers
polymer
Differences between mosses - ferns - conifers - and flowering plants.
epidermis
how is water moved from root surface to vascular tissue?
37. A series of proteins in which the high-energy electrons from the Krebs cycle are used to convert ADP into ATP by redox reactions
carbohydrates
mycorrhizas
electron transport chain
the three developmental zones in a plant root
38. Made of monosaccharides - building blocks of life - sugars
Makes plants unique
carbohydrates
apoplasticly
epidermis
39. Sorting and shipping of molecules
Golgi Apparatus
palisade mesophyll
pneumatophores
ribosomes
40. Stores water and waste and ultimately determines the shape of the cell
vacuole
glycolysis
photosynthesis equation
secondary metabolites
41. Part of calvin cycle where ATP and NADH are turned into G3P (sugar)
Why are plants important?
role of enzymes
reduction
homosporous
42. Indeterminate growth - assisted reproduction - protection (chemical deterence - spikes - internal resource transport)
oxidation
sporophyte
three traits plants developed in response to sessile nature
dermal tissue
43. Produces secondary vascular tissue
vascular cambium
cork cambium
the two major symbiotic microbial organisms to plant roots
cytoskeleton
44. Consists of dead hollowed out cells - come in tracheids (long) or vessels (short) - move water in plant
vascular bundle (vein)
respiration equation
homosporous
xylem
45. Molecule manufacturing where ribosomes are - and then products are sent to the Golgi Apparatus
vascular bundle (vein)
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
vacuole
46. Position reactants so they dont require as much activation energy
oxidation
palisade mesophyll
apical meristem
role of enzymes
47. Production of two spore types (gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Chloroplasts
monomer
heterosporous
epidermis
48. Rigid support - mostly found in bark. two types -- fibers and sclereids
leaves
stems
fern life cycle
sclerenchyma
49. Flower to play the role of the gametophyte - producing two different spore types
respiration equation
nucleus
angiosperm life cycle
Calvin Cycle
50. Outer layer - barrier to animals and pathogens
evidence to counter Larry's diatribe
dermal tissue
sustainable forestry
wood products