Biology: Plants

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1.A fleshy, enlarged stem of a rhizome or stolon. It has buds and can grow new plants 2.A plant structure with enlarged leaf bases and stored food surrounding a central bit of fleshy stem tissue 3.A stem which grows out periodically producing new stems and leaves on one side, and roots on the other 4.A short, solid, enlarged underground stem used for food storage and for asexual reproduction 5.A spore that develops by mitosis 6.Has true conductive tissues within it. It usually has true roots, stems, and leaves 7.Refers to the appearance of buds or roots from tissue which is not bud or root tissue 8.The act of propagating or establishing and growing new plants 9.A stem at or just beneath the surface of the ground which can give rise to aerial stems or roots

1. Tuber 2. Bulb 3. Stolon 4. Corm 5. Mitospore 6. Vascular Plant 7. Adventitious 8. Vegetative propagation 9.rhizome

An onion or daffodil reproduces by means of an underground structure called a...

bulb

A short, vertical, solid, or fleshy stem possessed by gladiolus and which is used in reproduction is termed a...

corm

A spore that develops by mitosis is...

mitospore

The division of a parent cell into a number of daughter cells all at once is...

multiple fission

A horizontal stem at or just beneath the surface of the ground which can give rise to roots or stems is a...

rhizome

The portion of the vascular plant which has the majority of the methods of asexual reproduction occurring in it is called the...

stem

A stem growing from a plant that periodically produces new stems and leaves on one side and roots on the other is a...

stolon

(true/false) Nearly all plants can be reproduced asexually...

true

A fleshy, enlarged end of a rhizome or stolon is called a...

tuber


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