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Super Duper Fun Web Quest

Hormones

1.  Go to http://www.plant-hormones.info/ and click on Auxins (the link is to the left, to the left).

  1. The term auxin is derived from the Greek word ______which means ______.
  2. Name two functions of auxins:
  3. ______
  4. ______

2.  Now click on Gibberellins (the link is to the left, to the left).

  1. Unlike the classification of ______which are classified on the basis of ______, ______are classified on the basis of ______.
  2. Name two function of gibberellins:
  3. ______
  4. ______

Monocot/Dicot

1.  Go to http://www.backyardnature.net/monodico.htm.

  1. Which has the most known species on earth: MONOCOT | DICOT
  2. Which is a monocot and which is a dicot?

______

  1. The veins in monocot leaves are usually but not always aligned ______ with one another, as in ______.
  2. Name a species that is a monocot.______
  3. Veins in dicot leaves usually branch and then join back together, forming ______ of the kind seen in ______.

Parts of a Flower

1.  Go to http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/flowers/flowerparts.htm#top and at the bottom of the page, click the Next button.

a.  A stamen consists of a ______and an ______

2.  Click the Next button

a.  A flower may have one or more pistils that consist of a basal portion called the ______which contain the embryo seeds, or ______and the area where the pollen is received called the ________.

3.  Click the Next button

a.  What does it mean for a flower to be radially symmetrical?

______

______

4.  Click the Next button

a.  In many flower species, the calyx consists of green leaf-likestructures called ______

b.  The ______protects ______of the flower while it is developing and ______.

5.  Click the Start button and play the assemble the flower game.

a. 

Once the activity is done, show Ms. Thoppil

the fully colored picture for a “fun” stamp in

ç this oversized stamp box.

Transpiration

  1. Go to http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/botany/transpir.html
  2. Briefly describe the process of Transpiration: ______.
  3. What is NOT an effect of transpiration?
  4. Cooling for the plant.
  5. Maintaining of turgor pressure.
  6. Primary growth of the plant.
  7. Movement of sugars and plant chemicals.
  8. Transportation of minerals.
  9. Watch the Mini-Movie. Click on Mini-Movie or Slide Set then click Option One.
  10. In the movie, where are the phloem/xylem found?
  11. Roots
  12. Soil
  13. Trunk
  14. Leaf
  15. What does the water end up as?
  16. Food
  17. Vapor
  18. Waste
  19. CO2

Diagram of a Cross Section of a Leaf

1.  Go to www.emc.maricopa.edu/.../BIOBK/BioBookPS.html. Click on Leaves and Leaf Structure.

a.  Fill in the blanks