FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE KINSALE
DATE: 30TH APRIL 2012
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
Instructions to candidates:
Please read questions carefully before answering questions
2 sections: Sections A & B
Section A: 20 marks
Section B: 30 marks
PLANT SCIENCE LEVEL 5 C20049
SECTION A: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer any 10 questions (2 marks each)
1. What are the primary functions of the root?
2. What is the Plumule?
3. Name & explain two types of modified stems.
4. Describe Photosynthesis.
5. Where would you find meristematic cells?
6. What are rhizomes & give example of plant where they occur?
7. What are the requirements for germination?
8. Name four ways that plants disperse their seeds.
9. Name four forms of vegetative reproduction.
10. What is an auxin & what is its function?
11. What is the function of the xylem & phloem in plants?
12. What is Respiration?
PLANT SCIENCE LEVEL 5 C20049
SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
Answer any 3 questions (10 marks each)
1. Distinguish between the structures of monocots & dicots.
2. Describe the movement of water in plants & its importance.
3. Describe seed dormancy, its advantages & application in agriculture & horticulture.
4. Describe the process of pollination & fertilisation in plants & how F1 seeds are produced.
PLANT SCIENCE 2012 LEVEL 5 C20049 SOLUTIONS
SECTION A: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Answer any 10 questions (2 marks each)
1. What are the primary functions of the root?
Anchor,
absorb water & minerals,
transport absorbed water & minerals to shoot,
store food.
2. What is the Plumule?
Emerging shoot in seed
3. Name & explain two types of modified stems.
Corms – short vertical underground stem which swells with stored food e.g. crocus & gladiolas,
Stem tubers – underground stem system whose ends swell...