Plants Study Sheet

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Date:__________

1. Plants probably began as ____________ _____.

2. Plants are autotrophic, which means that they make their own ____.

3. Plants make food through a process called ______________.

4. For photosynthesis, plants require _____ ______, ____ and _______ to make food.

5. The food that plants make is _______.

6. The molecular formula for glucose is __________.

7. The molecular formula for carbon dioxide is ____.

8. The molecular formula for water is ____.

9. Six molecules of carbon dioxide result in ___ carbons and __ oxygens.

10. Six molecules of water result in __ hydrogens and ___ oxygens.

11. Six molecules of carbon dioxide and six molecules of water result in a net of ___ carbons, __ hydrogens and __ oxygens.

12. The __ extra oxygens are given off as six ___.

13. Animals such as ourselves breath __.

14. Before the evolution of ______________ _________ such as plants, there was no ___.

15. Plant life began in _____.

16. In water, carbon dioxide can be obtained from ________ ____.

17. Carbonic acid is ______ _______ dissolved in _____.

18. _____ is the vascular tissue which transports water and minerals up to the leaves.

19. _______ is the vascular tissue which take food down the plant to feed the stems and roots.

20. ___________ are the cells in a plant which form fiber. These tough fibers allow plants to _____ __.

21. On the bottom of leaves is a hole called a _______.

22. The _______ is guarded by two bean-shaped cells called _____ _____.

23. _____ _____ open and close the _______.

24. The stomata is there for ____________.

25. ____________ is the excretion of extra water which is not needed by the plant.

26. ______ ______ have fewer stomata.

27. The main mode of reproduction in land plants is ______ ____________.

28. The plant forms _______ cells by _______.

29. Haploid means that the cells have only ___ ____ the normal number of chromosomes.

30. Through fertilization, two haploid cells combine to form a _______ cell.

31. Diploid cells have the full number of ___________.

32. Sex cells are called _______.

33. For many plants, the male gametes are called ______ and the female gametes are _____.

34. Both male and female gametes are _______. When fertilization occurs, they form an _______ embryo.

35. Multicellular algae are classified as being ______.

36. Multicellular algae lack ________ ______ and _______.

37. There are _____ phyla of multicellular algae:

38. Rhodophyta is commonly called ___ _____.

39. Rhodophyta uses a red chemical called ___________ for photosynthesis.

40. Red algae are used to grow ________.

41. Red algae and bacteria are combined together to make ________ __________ ____.

42. This _________ ________ ____ is _______ than real chocolate milk and is _______ to produce.

43. Red algae and bacteria are also used to make ___ _____ thicker so that it will not easily ____.

44. Phaeophyta is commonly called _____ _____.

45. Brown algae is brown because in addition to ___________, which is _____, they have the chemical ___________ to assist in photosynthesis. ___________ is ______ and combine with chlorophyll to make a ______-_____ color.

46. Examples of brown algae are ____ and ___ ____.

47. Kelp is used as a thickening agent for _________.

48. Kelp has _______ ____________ and _______ and is good ____.

49. The scientific name for sea weed is __________.

50. An area in the middle of the Atlantic ocean is called the __________ ___, an area so thick with ___ ____ that it makes ___ _______ through it difficult.

51. Chlorophyta is commonly called _____ _____.

52. Chlorophyta has a chemical called __________, a substance which is believed to reduce the risk of ______.

53. ________ are waxy coats which usually appear on only one side of leaves.

54. ________ protect the leaves from ________ ____ and from _________.

55. Adaptations, such as ________, ________ and ____ make it harder for insects to eat the leaves.

56. In botany the words ________ and _____ are interchangeable.

57. Bryophyta include ______, __________ and _________.

58. Bryophytes are true ______ and are found as ______ _____ that looks like a _____ carpet surrounding _____.

59. The _______ ____ which we have in Louisiana is not a ____ at all, but a _________ that is related to the _________ plant.

60. There are two kinds of seed plants, ___________ and __________.

61. ___________ are non-flowering plants.

62. ___________ are flowering plants.

63. The _______ is a gymnosperm which looks like a pencil sticking in the ground. It contains the chemical _________ which is used to make ______________, ____ _______ _____ and _________ _____.

64. The juniper tree is a ________ used to make the alcoholic beverage called ___.

65. The pine tree is a __________.

66. The smallest angiosperm is ____ _____, which is abundant in the waters surrounding ___ ____ ______.

67. The largest angiosperm is the ________ tree, which can grow to ___ feet tall.

68. There are two groups of flowering plants, the ______________ and the ____________.

69. Dicots have ___ thick seed leaves.

70. The ____ _____ are the first leaves to sprout from the seed.

71. The seeds of ______ have two halves, such as ______ and _____.

72. The seed leaves contain _______ ____ for the plant.

73. Monocots have only ___ seed leaf. The seeds of monocots are a one piece unit, such as ____.

74. Monocots have flowers whose petals come in multiples of _____.

75. Dicot flowers have petals that come in multiples of ____ or ____.

76. The veins of the leaves of monocots are _________.

77. The veins in the leaves of dicots ______ ___ like a ____.

78. The xylem and phloem of ________ are random so that the trunk or stalk has no _____.

79. The stalk or trunk of ______ have xylem and phloem in ________ _______ that are in _____ or ______.

80. The cut trunk or stalk of ______ will usually reveal _____.

81. Examples of monocots are lilies, _______, ______, and grasses such as ____, ____, _____, ______, ____ and ______, the largest grass.

82. Examples of dicots are ____ ____, _____ ____, _____ ____, ____ and ___ trees.

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