Download Checklist Ch 9

Checklist Ch 9 From Cell to Organism: Focus on Plants
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I can define OCTOS and give examples from a plant for each level.
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Identify all the specialized cell types found in leaves (i.e. lower epidermis, guard cells,
palisade cells, etc..) and explain the function(s) of each one.
The primary organs for photosynthesis in land plants are _________________________.
The organelle where photosynthesis occurs is called the ____________________________.
What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Which compounds are the reactants and which compounds are the products in each
reaction.
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What is chlorophyll is and what does it do?
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The ________________ is the primary site of gas exchange in plants.
Which of the following types of transport is used for gas exchange in the leaves (circle
one): diffusion, active transport, osmosis, facilitated diffusion.
What is the function of the lenticels?
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The two primary tissues of the vascular system and the cells that compose them are:
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Their jobs are
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Which vascular tissue is composed of mostly dead cells?
Which vascular tissue is composed of live cells?
I can draw a leaf showing guard cells, stomata (on the right side of the leaf!) and which
gases enter the plant through the stomata, and which leave the plant through the stomata
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I can explain why some water is always lost from plants during transpiration.
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I can describe the effects of sun, warm temperatures, wind and humid air on the rate of
transpiration in plants: Sun will (increase/decrease) transpiration BECAUSE
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Warm temperatures will (increase/decrease) transpiration BECAUSE
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Wind will (increase/decrease) transpiration BECAUSE
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Humid air will (increase/decrease) transpiration BECAUSE
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I can describe the positive and negative effects of the following adaptations plants use to
prevent water loss in times of drought, or in the desert:
1. closing stomata:
2. having leaves with small surface area:
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I can describe and draw a diagram illustrating the role of turgor (osmotic) pressure in:
1) Guard cells
2) Plant structure
3) Generating root pressure
I can explain how water is transported from the soil into the roots of the plants. I know
which is hypotonic: soil or root cells (choose one). I know which transport process takes
water into root hairs ____________________. The function of the root hairs is to increase
___________________ to ___________________________________.
I can illustrate and explain how water moves from the soil into the plant and up to the
leaves using the following terms in my answer: push, pull, transpiration, adhesion,
cohesion, osmosis, hypotonic, hypertonic, root pressure.
I can illustrate and describe the pressure flow theory that explains how sugar is
transported in plants using the words phloem, active transport, hypotonic, hypertonic,
osmosis, water pressure gradients, source and sink in my answer.
I can name and describe the three main plant tropisms and I know why they are crucial for
plant survival.
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I know the difference between a stimulus and a response. The stimulus for phototropism
is _________________________. The response is _______________________. The stimulus for
gravitropism is ________________________. The response is
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What is auxin?
I can illustrate and describe how auxins and cell elongation cause 1) phototropism and 2)
gravitropism using the terms auxin, cell elongation, unequal stimuli, response, light,
gravity, positive gravitropism, negative gravitropism and inhibits in my answer.
Why is too much synthetic auxin is bad for plants?
I know what the Darwins, Boysen-Jensen and Went discovered about phototropism, using
the words auxin, shoot tip, unequal stimuli, response, chemical stimuli, gelatin
(agar), mica in my answer.
1. Darwins:
2. Boysen-Jensen
3. Went
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I know my vocabulary.
I have taken the review practice tests (Science Focus and Sci 10).