Photosynthesis
A food made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Carbohydrate
What general type of plant food is produced by photosynthesis
Carbohydrates
An atmosphere gas made of one carbon atom for each two oxygen atoms
Carbon dioxide
De Saussure's experiments demonstrated the importance of water and carbon dioxide to green plants
Carbon dioxide
A leaflike part of the flower where seeds are produced
Carpel
An energy-sharing arrangement of atoms to each other as parts of a molecule
Chemical bond
The green chemical that makes plants green
Chlorophyll
The stage of respiration that occurs in anaerobic conditions such as yeast fermentation
Fermentation
The matured ovary of a plant is a
Fruit
What do the terms, "Samara" "Capsules" "Pod" "Achene" have in common
Fruit
Two main functions of leaves are photosynthesis and
Gas exchange
Inherited physical traits are directly related to:
Genes
The beginning of development of a plant from a seed is called
Germination
Two main functions of the stems are the support of the plant body and
The conduction of food, water, and minerals
The food for embryo plant comes from the cotyledon or __________
The endosperm
The total energy production of a mitochondrion is enchanced by:
The large internal surface area
Clusters of flowers are called:
Inflorescence
The specfic pattern of flower arrangement
Inflorescence
The number of chromosomes within each species of plant or animal
Is constant
Two main functions of roots are the conduction of water and minerals and
The anchoring of the plant
A group of similar cells, or unlike cells with a specialized common function
Tissue
A propagation method known as _______ has shown that one individual cell has the potential to develop into a whole plant
Tissue culture
Agronomists are scientists who work to develop crops that produce more or better foods
True
An entirely new plant can sometimes be generated from a few cells
True
Evolution theory is based on the supposistion that energy plus matter plus natural chemical combinations are suffienct to ultimatly produce functioning interrelated complex systems
True
God designed plants to maintain not only their food needs, but provide food energy for the world of living things
True
Plants harvest only a small portion of the sun's energy
True
The roots of a plant absorb nutrients from the soil
True
Without plants there would be no food for earth
True
ATP is a
☆product of decomposition of food molecules ☆chemical associated with mitochondria ☆a form of chemical energy
Which statements correctly refer to the organic protoplasm:
☆the chemicals of the protoplasm are synthesized within the cell ☆the instructions for synthesizing protoplasm come from DNA
Concerning carbohydrates
☆they all contain C,O,H ☆the ratio of H to C is fixed at 2:1
What do glucose, starch, and cellulose have in common?
☆they are various forms of sugars ☆they are all carbohydrates ☆they are all related to photosynthesis
Ingenhousz found that air would be purified only when green plants were in
Sunlight
The greatest number of people plants have the potential to feed, according to some agronomists is:
100 billion people
A chemical energy compound with 2 phosphate groups found in living cells
ADP
The root system which helps stabilize soil from erosion is the adventitous root system
Adventitous
In the presence of oxygen as a gas
Aerobic
An agricultural science that deals with crop production and improvement
Agronomy
The science which develops and studies plant varieties and production is called
Agronomy
In the absence of oxygen as gas
Anaerobic
Flowering plants are classified as:
Anglosperms
A plant that ________ germinates, grows, produces flowers and seeds, and dies in a year is termed a(n)
Annual
A plant that completes its life cycle within a year's time
Annual
Utilization of food molecules and energy in life processes
Assimilation
All of the following are part of a plants organiszational structure except
Atoms
Oblong cells with unevenly thickened walls for support in young stems
Collenchyma
A mass of cells with more than one cell type makes up a
Complex tissue
A seed leaf
Cotyledon
All the organic substances located between the nucleus and cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Chemical messages orginate from:
DNA
The chemical structure of genes which control inheritance
DNA
A flowering plant with seeds having 2 seed leaves
Dicotyledon
What type of general classification is a xerophyte?
Ecological
A food storage tissue
Endosperm
The ________ requirements of all organisms worldwide are linked to the sun by photosynthesis
Energy
The capicity to do or perform work
Energy
A running down
Entropy
In order for a plant to grow, it must overcome the basic universial law of
Entropy
The outermost layer of plant cells or tissue
Epidermis
A choroplasts consists solely of a football shaped container of the chlorophyll
False
A seed consists soley of a protected package of elements, nutrients, and plant food requiring only water and solar
False
An annual plant bears fruit or flowers every year
False
Current populations experiencing famine are primarliy the result of lack of land to grow more plants
False
Energy plus matter is sufficient for continued development of order, complexity or growth
False
Food production from plants is currently near its maximum potential --worldwide
False
Nearly all the mass of plants comes from well-fertilized soil
False
Photosynthesis takes place soley in the leaves of green plants
False
Ribsomes are made of RNA
False
The construction of the cell walls of all plants is similar
False
Cactus spines are modified
Leaves
The cell powerhouse
Mitchondonria
A flowering plant with seeds having one seed leaf
Monocotyledon
The outward shape and appearance of a plant represents its
Morphology
The study of growth characteristics of a plant is called developmental
Morphology
The first chemist to begin quantifying the process of photosynthesis was:
Nicholas de Saussure
A smaller, darker body found in the nucleus
Nucleolus
Produced by organisms as opposed to nonliving chemical processes
Organic
An atmospheric gas; a by-product of the light reaction of photosynthesis
Oxygen
The most common plant cell, found in practically all parts of the plant body
Parenchyma
A plant that continues to live for many years is termed a(n)
Perennial
Two ancient __________ plants cited in text are the bristlecone pine and the giant sequoias
Pernnial
The ring of leaflike appendages occurring inside the sepals
Petal
The food-conducting tissue of a plant's vascular or transport system
Phloem
The basic food produced by a plant is
Produced by choroplasts
A chemical important in taking blueprint messages from DNA
RNA
The transfer of information from the nucleus to organelles is accomplished by
Ribonuclei acid
Important in protein synthesis
Ribosome
A plant cell of a long fiber type or variable sclereid type
Sclerenchyma
A flower part; the outermost ring of leaflike appendages of a flower
Sepal
Although the following term is actually obsolete and somewhat misleading, the cell may still be referred to as a
Simple cell
________ energy is absorbed by photosynthesis, and energy is __________ through respiration
Solar, released
A flower part; a ring of pollen-producing appendages of a flower
Stamen
The water and mineral conducting tissue of a plant's vascular system
Xylem
Priestly's experiment explained:
☆plants are associated with O2 ☆animals require O2
The two basic types of root systems are
☆Taproot ☆fibrous
Why is the cell analagous to an engineeringed watch?
☆b/c it consists of numerous interdependent subunits ☆b/c it coded information cannot arise from random processes
Which of the following does the plant need in order for it to germinate and develop
☆genetic info ☆energy ☆matter
Jan Baptista's experiment showed:
☆loss of soil mass<gain of plant mass ☆gain of plant mass related to water
Which conditions relate to the research of Van Helmont
☆plant mass related to H2O ☆conclusions partly correct