1. Describe the various cell types which make plant
tissues - parenchyma, sclerenchyma (fiber,
sclerid), collenchyma, tracheid,
vessels, sieve tube, companion, meristematic, epidermis, cork.
2. List the functions of each cell type listed above
and indicate where these cell types may be
located in a plant.
3. Given a picture of a plant identify the flower,
stem, node, internode, leaf, blade, petiole, root
system, buds ( vegetative
or reproductive; axillary or terminal)
4. Locate in the cross section of a root the epidermis, cortex and vascular cylinder.
5. Describe the cortex and endodermis as to cell type and function.
6. Identify and explain the function of the pericycle, xylem, and phloem tissue.
7. Explain how lateral roots are formed.
8. Identify the root cap, apical meristem, zone of
elongation, zone of differentiation in a diagram
showing the developmental
regions of a dicot root.
9. Identify where the protoderm, procambium, and
ground meristem are located in a longitudinal
section and list the tissues
into which they mature.
10. Contrast between the various root types - tap, fibrous, adventitious.
11. Compare and contrast the following: deciduous,
evergreen; perennial, biennial, annual;
angiosperm, gymnosperm;
monocot, dicot.
12. Identify and describe functions of the external
structures located on woody and herbaceous
stems.
13. Compare and contrast between the various tissue
types located in a stem as to cell types and
function.
14. Given the cross section of a monocot or dicot
stem identify the following parts epidermis,
pith, cortex, vascular bundles.
15. Describe the cell types which make up the xylem
and phloem and explain how they function
during transport of water
and photosynthates.
16. Identify the following parts of the longitudinal
section of a shoot tip and describe into what
they develop: apical meristem,
leaf primordia, lateral buds, ground meristem, protoderm,
procambium.
17. Compare and contrast the apical meristem of the
root to the apical meristem of the shoot and
relate to primary growth.
18. Explain secondary growth in woody plants and describe from which tissue it forms.
19. Given a figure showing a cross section of a dicot
during secondary growth identify the
following: epidermis, cortex,
primary phloem, primary xylem, cork, cork cambium, secondary
phloem, secondary xylem,
vascular cambium, pith, periderm.
20. Contrast between corms, tubers, rhizomes, runners and bulbs.
21. Identify and describe the various parts of a
leaf: cuticle, mesophyll, palisade parenchyma,
spongy parenchyma, veins,
epidermis (lower and upper), guard cells, stoma, epidermal hairs
(trichomes).
22. Compare and contrast between mesophytic, hydrophytic and xerophytic leaf types.
23. Describe how guard cells regulate the opening and closing of the stoma.
24. Describe abscission.
25. Describe the following parts of the flower: sepal,
petal, calyx, corolla, stamens, carpels.
Distinguish between the
types of flowers: staminate and carpellate, complete and incomplete,
perfect and imperfect.
26. Describe the events leading to the formation
of the female gametophyte (megaspore mother
cell to the 8 nucleated
egg sac).
27. Describe the events leading to the formation
of the male gametophyte (microspore mother
cell to the pollen grain)
28. Diagram alternation of generation of a typical
Angiosperm life cycle indicating where mitosis
an meiosis occurs.
29. Identify and describe the events which occur
during double fertilization in angiosperm:
filament, anther, ovary,
pollen grains, sperm nucleus, tube nucleus, tube nucleus, pollen tube.
zygote, endosperm.
30. Given the genotypes of the staminate flower and
carpellate flower determine the genotypes of
all flower parts, developing
male and female gametophytes, and developing seed parts.
31. Define transpiration and the cohesion tension theory
32. Define translocation and relate to source, sink.
33. Describe plant hormones and list and describe
functions for the following plant hormones:
IAA, GA, cytokinin, ABA.
34. Compare and contrast between phototropism and gravitropism.
35. Describe a mode of action for phototropism and gravitropism.
36. Explain photoperiodism and describe a mode of
action as to how it occurs in long-day plants
and short-day plants.
37. Identify characteristics of the Plant Kingdom
and contrast between the following: Angiosperms/ Gymnosperms,
monocot/dicot,
annual/ biennial/ perennial, deciduous/ evergreen