Plant Taxonomy: Leaves and Stem Alteration
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What is the primary function of leaves in plants?

  • Photosynthesis (correct)
  • Transpiration
  • Regulation of water transport
  • Respiration

Where do leaves usually arise from?

  • Nodes (correct)
  • Axils
  • Stomata
  • Internodes

What is the term for the arrangement of leaves on a stem?

  • Venation pattern
  • Phyllotaxis (correct)
  • Leaf morphology
  • Blade shape

What type of leaf has many small leaves that make up a whole leaf?

<p>Compound leaf (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of drying leaves in plant taxonomy?

<p>To preserve the leaf for further study (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the shape of the leaf's edge?

<p>Margin shape (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Leaves are usually arising from internodes.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Verbena is an example of a plant with whorled phyllotaxy.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

All plants have compound leaves.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The margin shape of a leaf is also referred to as its venation.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Leaves are the primary organs of transpiration in plants.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Nerium is an example of a plant with alternate phyllotaxy.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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