Biol 186 UVIC Midterm 1 Rossi's exam
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What is Sapwood? - Answer Outer layers of secondary xylem.
Still transports material.
What is short distance transport called?
What are the 3 routes for this? - Answer Lateral Transport.
Transmembrane Route - repeated crossings of plasma membrane
Symplast - one crossing of plasma membrane
Apoplast
What is the term for when cells have greater solute concentration than
surroundings, causing water to enter the cell? - Answer Turgid (Very rigid)
What is the term used when a plant cell is in surroundings where there is a tendency
for water to leave? - Answer Flaccid. (Limp)
, What is the tissue organization of leaves? - Answer Epidermis - have cuticle, guard cells,
and stomata.
Mesophyll - spongy layer for gas exchange, palisade layer for photosynthesis.
Vascular Bundles
What type of cell is this?
-Least Specialized Cells
-Lacking secondary walls
-protoplast with large central vacuole
-performs most of the metabolic functions
-Alive when mature - Answer Parenchyma Cells
What type of cell is this?
-Support
-Secondary Walls
-Long, slender, tapered fibers
-Shorter irregular shaped sclereids
-Dead at maturity - Answer Sclerenchyma Cells
What type of cell is this?
-Support young shoot without restraining growth
-primary walls lack lignin -Lacking secondary
walls
-living and flexible at maturity - Answer Collenchyma Cells
Where are adventitious roots located?
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