Bio: Plants

Anatomy: Which organelle is responsible for maintaining turgor pressure against the plant cell wall?

Anatomy: What waxy layer on the leaf surface prevents water loss?

Anatomy: Which plant tissue is responsible for primary growth at the tips of roots and shoots?

Anatomy: Which ground tissue type has thin walls and performs photosynthesis and storage?

Anatomy: Which ground tissue type provides flexible support to young parts of the plant shoot?

Anatomy: Which ground tissue type is rigid due to thick secondary walls containing lignin?

Anatomy: What are the two types of water-conducting cells in the xylem?

Anatomy: What are the sugar-conducting cells of the phloem?

Anatomy: What specialized cells regulate the opening and closing of stomata?

Anatomy: In which leaf layer does the majority of photosynthesis occur?

Anatomy: Which leaf layer has air spaces to facilitate gas exchange?

Anatomy: What is the function of the sclerenchyma cells, which are often dead at functional maturity?

Photosynthesis: What two products result from photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis: Which statement about thylakoids in eukaryotes is not correct?

Photosynthesis: From where does a heterotroph directly obtain its energy?

Photosynthesis: What is the energy of a photon first used to do in photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis: Which molecule absorbs the energy of a photon in photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis: Plants produce oxygen when they photosynthesize.1 Where does the oxygen come from?

Photosynthesis: Which color(s) of light does chlorophyll a reflect?

Photosynthesis: Where in plant cells does the Calvin cycle take place?

Photosynthesis: Which statement correctly describes carbon fixation?

Photosynthesis: What is the molecule that leaves the Calvin cycle to be converted into glucose?

Photosynthesis: Where do the light-dependent reactions take place?

Photosynthesis: What enzyme catalyzes the first step of carbon fixation in the Calvin Cycle?

Photosynthesis: What is the role of NADP+ in the light-dependent reactions?

Photosynthesis: Which type of photosynthesis involves taking in \$CO_2\$ only at night to conserve water?

Transport: What is the primary function of the xylem?

Transport: What is the primary function of the phloem?

Transport: What is the waxy barrier in the root endodermis that forces water through a plasma membrane?

Transport: What is the primary force that pulls water up through the xylem?

Transport: The movement of phloem sap from source to sink is explained by which hypothesis?

Transport: According to the Pressure-Flow Hypothesis, what creates the high pressure at the "source"?

Transport: What is "guttation," and when is it most likely to occur?

Reproduction: In the alternation of generations, which stage is multicellular and diploid?

Reproduction: In the alternation of generations, which stage is multicellular and haploid?

Reproduction: What does a plant spore develop into?

Reproduction: What is the female reproductive part of a flower called?

Reproduction: What is the male reproductive part of a flower called?

Reproduction: In double fertilization, what is formed by the fusion of a sperm and two polar nuclei?

Reproduction: What does the ovule develop into after fertilization?

Reproduction: What does the ovary wall develop into after fertilization?

Reproduction: What is the primary evolutionary advantage of "fruits" in angiosperms?

Hormones: Which plant hormone promotes cell elongation and phototropism?

Hormones: Which gaseous hormone triggers fruit ripening?

Hormones: Which hormone causes stomata to close during drought?

Hormones: Which hormone stimulates stem elongation and seed germination?

Hormones: Which hormone promotes cell division (cytokinesis) and delays aging?

Hormones: A plant growth response toward or away from a stimulus is called a...?

Hormones: Growth in response to touch (like a vine on a trellis) is called...?

Hormones: How does "Gravitropism" work in roots?

Classification: A plant with parallel leaf veins and floral parts in multiples of three is a...?

Classification: A plant with netted leaf veins and floral parts in multiples of four or five is a...?

Classification: Which plant group produces "naked" seeds, usually in cones?

Classification: Which non-vascular plants lack xylem and phloem?