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PLNT 1213 Exam 2 study guide

Characteristics of a Monocot: - correct answer ✔✔-One cotyledon

-Hypogeal germination

-Below the surface

-Fibrous root system

-Linear leaves with parallel veins



Examples: grasses and lilies, corn, wheat, and rice.



Characteristics of a Dicot: - correct answer ✔✔-Two cotelydons

-Epigeal germination

-Above the soil

-"Fleshy"

-Leaves with netted venation

-Taproot system



Examples: broadleaved plants, soybean, cotton, and alfalfa



Hypogeal Emergence - correct answer ✔✔-Monocot

-Growth point (cotelydon) stay below the soil surface for a certain amount of time



Epigeal Emergence - correct answer ✔✔-Dicot

-Growth point (cotelydons) stay above the soil surface



A farmer is walking through the field and realizes that someone accidentally ran over the corn that had
emerged earlier that week. Should he be worried? - correct answer ✔✔No, because of hypogeal
emergence, it is below the surface.

, A farmer is walking through the field and realizes that some deer have eaten the leaves of the cotton
plants that had emerged earlier that week. Should he be worried? - correct answer ✔✔Yes, because of
epigeal emergence, it is above the surface.



Shoot - correct answer ✔✔-Above ground portion of the plant

-Includes leaves, stems, and eventually inflorscence (flowers).



Leaves - correct answer ✔✔-Flattened and expanded lateral growth from the stem

-Primary function: photosynthesis

-"solar panels"



Leaves role in photosynthesis - correct answer ✔✔-intercept light

-regulate gas exchange

- water vaper: OUT and CO2: IN.

-Move sugars into the vasculature



Leave Shapes - correct answer ✔✔-simple

-compound



Simple Leaf characteristics - correct answer ✔✔-leaf blade

-midrib

-petiole

-axillary bud

-stem



Compound Leaf characteristics - correct answer ✔✔-leaf lets

-petiole

-axillary bud

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