PLANT STRUCTURE AND GROWTH

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.  Analyze how the structures of a plant and its adaptations

contribute to its survival 2.  Explain the basic concepts of plant growth 3.  Identify some applications of plant growth

Campbell, Ch 35.1-35.2

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.  Analyze how the structures of a plant and its adaptations

contribute to its survival 2.  Explain the basic concepts of plant growth 3.  Identify some applications of plant growth

Campbell, Ch 35.1-35.2

PLANT STRUCTURE

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ROOTS

1.  What are the 2 main functions of the root?

2.  How do these functions help the plant survive?

3.  How are roots structured to optimize their function?

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STEM

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1.  What are the 2 main functions of the stem?

2.  How do these functions help the plant survive?

3.  How are stems structured to optimize their function?

LEAVES

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1.  What are the 2 main functions of the leaf?

2.  How do these functions help the plant survive?

3.  How are leaves structured to optimize their function?

LEAF ANATOMY

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1.  How does the palisade mesophyll contribute to the plant’s survival?

2.  H o w i s t h e p a l i s a d e mesophyll structured to optimize its function?

3.  How does the spongy mesophyll contribute to the plant’s survival?

4.  H o w i s t h e s p o n g y mesophyll structured to optimize its function?

5.  What other leaf structures regulate gas exchange? How?

ROOT ADAPTATIONS

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prop roots

buttress roots

aerial roots

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clasping roots

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1.  What has been modified in each type of root? 2.  How does this modification help the plant adapt better?

STEM ADAPTATIONS

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rhizome bulb corm tuber 1.  What has been modified in each type of stem? 2.  How does this modification help the plant adapt better?

LEAF ADAPTATIONS

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1.  What has been modified in each type of leaf? 2.  How does this modification help the plant adapt better?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.  Analyze how the structures of a plant and its adaptations

contribute to its survival 2.  Explain the basic concepts of plant growth 3.  Identify some applications of plant growth

Campbell, Ch 35.1-35.2

PLANT GROWTH

Irreversible permanent increase in size Characteristics:

•  indeterminate

•  measurable

PLANT GROWTH

primary

all plants

growth in length

apical meristem

secondary

woody plants

growth in width

lateral meristem

PRIMARY GROWTH

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increase in cell number

increase in cell length

cell differentiation

SECONDARY GROWTH

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.  Analyze how the structures of a plant and its adaptations

contribute to its survival 2.  Explain the basic concepts of plant growth 3.  Identify some applications of plant growth

Campbell, Ch 35.1-35.2

PLANT PROPAGATION

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HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

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