Biology Quiz 2 - How do Plants Grow?

A dicot may be expected to have:

- vascular rings - netted veins

A seed consists solely of a protected package of elements, nutrients and plant food requiring only water and solar energy. True or False?

False

An annual plant bears fruit or flowers every year. True or False?

False

The facts of why onion cells produce an onion and not a walnut are well known to scientists. True or False?

False

The meristematic cells of a carrot could produce a tree or an elephant just as easily. True or False?

False

The root cap cells elongate and differentiate forming phloem and xylem. True or False?

False

Trees get wider when the vascular cambium adds new phloem to the rings of wood inside. True or False?

False

A seed may be described as a packaged miniature factory. True or False?

True

Meristematic cells of different kinds of plants may look alike, but the DNA messages are different. True or False?

True

The vascular cambium is one example of cells that are meristematic, that is, staying young or continuing to divide. True or False?

True

plant that grows and dies in a year =

annual

Old phloem cells become:

bark

The four main zones of a root tip are all of the following, except ________________.

cotyledon

food supply, part of the embryo seed plan =

cotyledon

bean =

dicot

maturates, develops specialized function =

differentiate

The inevitable process causing increase in _____________ in the universe and loss in useful energy is called entropy.

disorder

food supply, not part of the embryo seed plant =

endosperm

running down =

entropy

organic catalyst, helps to cause other reactions =

enzyme

The four parts of a seed include all of the following, except _________________.

epidermis

Put the four stages of growth in order. First Second Third Fourth

germination growth maturation death

youthful tissue (keeps growing) =

meristem

grass=

monocot

The width of a tree increases through direct growth of the:

vascular cambium

xylem =

wood