Shoot System (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What are the four main components of the shoot system?
What are the four main components of the shoot system?
Stem, leaves, flowers, seeds
Which stem function involves supporting the aerial parts of the plant?
Which stem function involves supporting the aerial parts of the plant?
Support
What does the stem transport between leaves and roots?
What does the stem transport between leaves and roots?
Water, minerals, nutrients
Which plant part is an example of a stem that stores food?
Which plant part is an example of a stem that stores food?
Potato
Which type of plant has green stems that can photosynthesise?
Which type of plant has green stems that can photosynthesise?
Monocots like grass
What replaces the epidermis when a dicot stem thickens?
What replaces the epidermis when a dicot stem thickens?
Bark
What is a node on a stem?
What is a node on a stem?
Where new branches and leaves grow
What are internodes?
What are internodes?
Areas between nodes with no branches
What gases move through lenticels during gas exchange?
What gases move through lenticels during gas exchange?
in; and vapour out
Where are stomata primarily found?
Where are stomata primarily found?
Leaves
How are vascular bundles arranged in dicot stems?
How are vascular bundles arranged in dicot stems?
In a ring with xylem towards inside
What is the petiole?
What is the petiole?
The stalk of the leaf
Which venation type is found in monocots?
Which venation type is found in monocots?
Parallel venation