Botany Chapter 7
Which of these plants produce leaves with chemicals that affect the behavior and/or mood of people?
All of these answers are correct (marijuana, coca, tea, tobacco)
Which of the following is known to be modified as a tendril?
All of these answers are correct (rachis, leaflet, stipule, petiole)
Which of the following beverages is manufactured or brewed from leaves?
All of these answers are correct (tequila, absinthe, palque, mate)
Floral leaves
Also known as bracts, these specialized leaves are located at the base o flowers or flower stalks and are often mistaken for petals. They can be green or bright colors.
Bladderworts
Aquatic plants with finely dissected leaved and stomach-shaped bladders.\; rush of water propels insect into the trap, trapdoor shuts, and bacteria digest the insect; insect touches 1 of 4 stiff, curled hairs causing a trapdoor to open.
Which statement about venation is incorrect?
Some flowering plants have leaves that lack venation even though the stems and roots have vascular bundles.
Flower pot leaves provide _______. In turn, adventitious roots harvest minerals from the resulting accumulation of nutrient-rich material.
a haven for ant nests
fibers
agave (century plants) species, and sansevierias
Which of the following leaf pigments is/are red if the cell sap is slightly acid and blue if the cell sap is slightly alkaline?
anthocyanins
dyes
bearberry, henna, and blue ash
Because of the greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf, the upper surface has
both fewer stomata and a thicker cuticle than the lower surface does
The large cells of certain grass leaves that permit the leaves to roll up under dry conditions are
bulliform cells
The jacket of cells surrounding a leaf vein is usually termed a(n)
bundle sheath
food
cabbage, parsley, lettuce, spinach, and chard
The leaf pigments mostly responsible for gold to orange leaf colors in the fall are
carotenes
Another name for mesophyll cells is
chlorenchyma
Which of the following do guard cells and palisade mesophyll have in common?
chloroplasts
drugs
deadly nightshade, foxglove, cocaine, tobacco, and marijuana
Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are
deciduous
Which is a morphological adaptation to reduce water loss from the leaf?
densely hairy leaves
The venation that forks repeatedly in leaves is termed
dichotomous
Leaf venation patterns in ______ leaves are usually netlike or reticulate.
dicot
A leaf arrangement in which there are two leaves at a node is called
opposite
A cluster of leaflets attached to the end of the petiole would be characteristic of a
palmately compound leaf
Window leaves
partially buried, ice cream cone shaped leaves with few stomata and a waxy cuticle. They possess transparent water-storage cells on their exposed surface to allow light to reach their inner chloroplasts.
Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?
penicillin
The plant part that facilitates a leaf blade being oriented at right angles to the sun is a(n)
petiole
fragrant oils
petitgrain, orange tree, lavender, patchouli, lemongrass, and citronella
the arrangement of leaves on a stem is referred to as
phyllotaxy
Which of the following insect trapping leaves do NOT have active traps?
pitcher plants
All leaves originate as
primordia
In the abscission zone of the leaf, which of the following is closest to the stem?
protective layer
Which of the following is primarily responsible for forcing water out of hydathodes?
root pressures
In spines most of the normal leaf tissue is replaced with
sclerenchyma
A leaf that lacks a petiole is termed
sessile
Spines
sharply pointed modified leaves or stipules located on the stem. often found on desert plants, they reduce water loss and protect the plant from grazing animals.
A ________ leaf has a single expanse of blade tissue.
simple
Typical leaves function as _______________ in the plant.
solar panels
spices
thyme, marjoram, oregano, tarragon, peppermint, basil, dill, and cilantro
All leaves originate as primordia on the surface of the stem apical meristem.
true
Betacyanins are pigments found in leaves that are usually red in color.
true
Pinnately compound leaves have leaflets in pairs along a rachis
true
Stomata open when the water content of the guard cells increases.
true
Xylem and phloem in a leaf are part of the
veins
Tendrils
very slender, coiled modified leaves that wrap around rigid objects, thereby allowing plants to climb.
The opening and closing of stomata is governed by _______ levels in the guard cells.
water
A leaf arrangement in which there are three or more leaves at a node is called
whorled
Flower-pot leaves
with the help of ants they house, these urn-shaped leaves produce and contain their own growing medium. Adventitious roots will often sprout.
Which if the following is NOT a specialized leaf?
Irish (white) potato
Pitcher Plants
Large, vaselike or cone-shaped leaves with nectar glands to lure in insects; trapped insects cannot climb out due to a wall of downward-pointing, rigid hairs
Sundews
Leaf senses insect, bends to surround it and breaks it down with digestive enzymes; oval leaves with glandular hairs (hairs tipped with droplets of sticky, digestive fluid)
If you are looking for bundle sheath cells in a leaf, you would usually find them forming a layer next to the upper epidermis.
False
Monocots generally have net-veined leaves.
False
Insectivorous plants trap and digest insects and other small organisms to get nitrogen which is lacking in the soils of their environments.
True
Modified leaves are used by insectivorous plants to trap insects. One such plant that has movable modified leaves is
Venus flytraps
Stomata are part of this tissue
epidermis
medicinal oils
eucalyptus, camphor, cajeput, and pennyroyal
which of the following is a function of a stoma?
facilitating transpiration
All healthy leaves of insectivorous plants actively trap insects and other small organisms.
false
Bracts function as little windows that admit light to the interior of the leaf
false
Few, if ant, drugs are obtained from leaves.
false
Most photosynthesis in a leaf take place in the spongy mesophyll
false
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a shade leaf (as opposed to a leaf of the same plant that is fully exposed to the sun)?
fewer, well-defined mesophyll layers,
bracts are
found at the bases of flowers or flower stalks
The spongy mesophyll is so named because it
has numerous intercellular spaces
In an energy- conscious world, people may plant more trees around their homes because ___________.
leaves of tress provide shade and reduce energy use for cooling homes
Reproductive Leaves
leaves that produce new plantlets along their margins, either at the tips of in notches.
Storage leaves
leaves that store large amounts of either water or carbohydrates for later use. They have large, thin-walled parenchyma cells contain large vacuoles.
Leaves of _________ provide fibers for production of cordage, robes, and other textiles.
manila hemp, a relative of the banana
Leaf veins are located in which of the following?
mesophyll
Venus Flytraps
midrib of leaves forms the hinge connecting the two halves of the leaf blade; blade halves snap shut when an insect triggers 2 of its 3 trigger hairs; trap re-opens after the insect is broken down with the leaf's digestive enzymes.