Critical Thinking Questions About Plant Form and Physiology
These questions prompt analysis of the plant body, stems, roots, leaves, transport of water and solutes in plants, and plant sensory systems & responses.
Topics
- abscisic acid
- ABA
- abscission
- adventitious root
- apical bud
- apical meristem
- auxin
- axillary bud
- bark
- bulb
- Casparian strip
- chromophore
- collenchyma cell
- companion cell
- compound leaf
- corm
- cortex
- cryptochrome
- cuticle
- cytokinin
- dermal tissue
- endodermis
- epidermis
- ethylene
- fibrous root system
- gibberellin
- GA
- ground tissue
- guard cells
- intercalary meristem
- internode
- jasmonates
- lamina
- lateral meristem
- lenticel
- megapascal
- MPa
- meristem
- meristematic tissue
- negative gravitropism
- node
- oligosaccharin
- palmately compound leaf
- parenchyma cell
- pericycle
- periderm
- permanent tissue
- petiole
- photomorphogenesis
- photoperiodism
- phototropin
- phototropism
- phyllotaxy
- phytochrome
- pinnately compound leaf
- pith
- positive gravitropism
- primary growth
- rhizome
- root cap
- root hair
- root system
- runner
- sclerenchyma cell
- secondary growth
- sessile
- shoot system
- sieve-tube cell
- simple leaf
- sink
- source
- statolith
- stele
- stipule
- stolon
- strigolactone
- tap root system
- tendril
- thigmomorphogenesis
- thigmonastic
- thigmotropism
- thorn
- tracheid
- translocation
- transpiration
- trichome
- tuber
- vascular bundle
- vascular stele
- vascular tissue
- venation
- vessel element
- water potential
- Ψw
- whorled