Plant Anatomy Lab

Parallel

Monocots have leaves that have _____ veins.

Netlike

Dicots have leaves that have ____ veins.

Taproot

Dicots usually have what type of root?

Fibrous

Monocots usually have what type of root?

Dicots

What type of plant is it common to have secondary growth?

Root cap

Structure labeled yellow?

Apical meristem

Structure labeled pink?

Elongation

Area at ?

Maturation

Area at ?

Monocot

Is this Medicago root a Monocot or Dicot?

Dicot

Is this Buttercup root a Monocot or Dicot?

Dicot

Is this Helanthius root a Monocot or Dicot?

Epidermis

A?

Cortex

B?

Endodermis

C?

Pericycle

Name of structure at arrow.

Xylem

D?

Phloem

E?

Epidermis

A?

Phloem

B?

Xylem

C?

Ground tissue

D?

Vascular bundle

E?

Vascular bundles

A?

Epidermis

B?

Collenchyma

C?

Phloem

D?

Xylem

E?

Pith

F?

Parenchyma

In monocots, the ground tissue is primarily consisted of _____ cells.

Dicot

Vascular tissues in stems are in a ring. Monocot or Dicot?

Pith

Monocots to not have a ____.

Monocot

Vascular tissues in stems are scattered. Monocot or Dicot?

Casparian strip

What is the name of the water-impermeable seal that fills space between cells of root endodermis and forces water and minerals to pass through plasma membrane rather than cell walls?

Root hairs

What is the name of the organ in plants whose function is to uptake water and minerals?

Root hairs

Tubular extensions of epidermal cells are the origin of what plant organ?

Lateral roots

What plant organ originated from the pericycle opposite to protoxylem poles and is endogenous?

Monocot

Is this Zea stem a Monocot or Dicot?

Monocot

Is this Zea root a Monocot or Dicot?

Xylem

A?

Phloem

B?

Pith

C?

Parenchyma

D?

Epidermis

E?

Endodermis

F?

Pericycle

Inside edge of F?

Leaf primordial

A?

Apical meristem

E?

Lateral bud

H?

Node

What is the name of the organ at the arrow?

Pith

1?

Secondary Xylem

3?

Secondary Phloem

4?

Periderm

6?

Stops

Cutting off the apical meristem _____ the growth/elongation.

Apical meristem

To retain water in arid climates or soil conditions and to conduct photosynthesis are purposes for cutting of what?

Apical meristem

1?

Node

5?

Internode

B?

Bud

3?

Axil

The angle between petiole and stem?

Primary vein

A?

Secondary

B?

Tertiary

C?

Quaternary

After the tertiary vein, the next branched vein is?

Xeromorphic

What type of habitat?

Xeromorphic

All of the following are characteristics of what kind of habitat?

- thicker cuticle

- multi layered epidermis

- arid environments (dry)

- numerous stomata for higher gas exchange

Mesomorphic

All of the following are characteristics of what kind of habitat?

- thin cuticle

- single layer epidermis

- not wet or dry environments

Hydromorphic

All of the following are characteristics of what kind of habitat?

- no cuticle

- single layer epidermis

- very wet environments

- needs lots of water

Root

This cross section is of what part of a dicot plant?

Stem

This cross section is of what part of a dicot plant?

Root

This cross section is of what part of a monocot plant?

Stem

This cross section is of what part of a monocot plant?

Mesomorphic

What type of environment?

Hydromorphic

What type of habitat?

Stomata

Structure at point?

Sun

Sun or shade leaf?

Shade

Sun or shade leaf?

Sun

All of the following are characteristics of a shade or sun leaf?

- small thick leaf

- 2 to 3 layers of palisade parenchyma

- abundant number of veins

- large veins

- thick cuticle

Shade

All of the following ae characteristics of a shade or sun leaf?

- large thin leaf

- 1 layer of palisade parenchyma

- small veins

- thin cuticle

Monocot

Is this Zea mays leaf Monocot or dicot?

Monocot

Top leaf monocot or dicot?

Dicot

Bottom leaf monocot or dicot?

Spongy mesophyll

A?

Xylem

D?

Phloem

F?

Cuticle

G?

Epidermis

J?

Vascular

Xylem and phloem are what type of tissue?

Ground

Spongy mesophyll is what type of tissue?

Trichomes

All of the following describe the function of what?

- increased reflection of solar radiation

- lower leaf temperatures

- lower rate of water loss

- deterrence of pests

- exude salts

bundle sheath

A protective covering around a leaf vein, consisting of one or more cell layers, usually parenchyma.

spongy mesophyll

Loose tissue beneath the palisade layer of a leaf; has many air spaces between its cells

Dermal

The cuticle, stomata, and trichome are types of what tissue?

Epidermis

outermost cell layer

Periderm

replaces epidermal tissue on the roots & stems of woody plants

Ground

Parenchyma tissue, Collenchyma tissue, and Sclerenchyma tissue are types of what tissue?

Parenchyma

Metabolic processes such as respiration, secretion, and photosynthesis; storage and conduction; wound healing and regeneration (chloroplasts)

Throughout the plant body (cortex, pith, xylem, phloem)

Collenchyma

Support in the primary plant body (elongated irregularly thickened walls)

Beneath epidermis in young elongating stems (ribs along veins)

Sclerenchyma

Support; storage (very thick cell walls containing lignin)

In the cortex and stems of monocots (xylem and phloem)