Bio Final
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What is one advantage of transnational water loss in plants?
Assist in the transport of minerals throughout the plant.
Legumes are Valuable crops because they have protein-c seeds and because
They improve the nitrogen content of the soil
In woody stem and roots, the epidermis is replaced by
Cork cells
One of the inorganic nutrients recycles by plants is
phosphorus
Mycorrhizal fungi
infect plant roots without harming the roots
About half of the world’s species of plants and animals live in
Tropical rain forest
Some bacteria can take what atmospheric gas and convert it into a form plants can use
Nitrogen
What step has been taken to reduce the introduction of plant pests and diseases in to the U.S. from other locations
Government inspectors screen incoming plant materials
Giant ragweed is pollinated by
wind
Grasses that contain grains are called
cereals
why are redwoods resistant to fire
Their bark is very thick
grains can be fermented into alcohol and mixed with gasoline
gasohol
growing plants and animals for human use is called
agriculture
A crop that would be an example of a tuber would be
yam
what type of plant would this alternation of generation diagram represent
vascular plant
plant tissue that carries organic nutrients in any direction depending on a plants needs is
phloem
A plant that grows on another plant is called a what
epiphyte
what is a rhizome
an underground stem found in most ferns
what is one role of stomata on plants
allow exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
the occurrence of the first land plants coincided with what event
the formation of the ozone layer
how many chloroplasts does a hornwort cell have
1
Mosses are called pioneer plants because they
are often the first species to inhabit a barren area
the plant tissue that transports water from the roots to the leaves in the
Xylem
the mobile sexual reproductive plants of all seedless plants are
spores