Drawing the Internal Structure of Seeds A seed consists of several parts which can be shown in a labelled diagram Testa The seed coat Cotyledon or cotyledons The leaf or leaves of the embryo which ...
Mutualism Between Flowers & Pollinators Sexual reproduction in plants requires the transfer of pollen between flowers Methods of pollen transfer can include: Wind Animals Water Most flowering p...
Flowering & Gene Expression The life cycle of a flowering plant involves The vegetative phase The part of the life cycle during which plant growth takes places A plant in the vegetative phase c...
Micropropagation of Plants The nature of plant growth means that plants can be grown by a process known as micropropagation Micropropagation is a form of tissue culture in which plant cells are cul...
Plant Hormones & Shoot Growth Plant hormones are responsible for most communication within plants Plant hormones are not the same as hormones in animals but they are chemical messengers so the ...
Plant Growth Plant growth occurs in regions known as meristems The cells in these regions are known as meristem cells Meristem cells are undifferentiated; they actively divide by mitosis to produce...
Measuring Phloem Transport Rates Hemiptera (also known as true bugs) is an order of insects that have highly-adapted mouthparts for piercing and sucking Many hemipterans (such as aphids) use these ...
Identifying Xylem & Phloem Xylem The functions of xylem tissue in a plant are: To transport dissolved minerals and water up the plant via vascular tissues Structural support Xylem tissue is fo...
Hydrostatic Pressure Gradients Phloem sap containing sucrose and other organic solutes moves through the sieve tubes down a hydrostatic pressure gradient This is known as the pressure-flow hypothes...
