Module #14 Flashcards
All about Plants!
What is Botany?
The study of plants.
What are Perennial Plants?
Plants that grow year after year.
What are Annual Plants?
Plants that live for only one year.
What are Biennial Plants?
Plants that live for two years.
What are Vegetative Organs?
The parts of the plants (such as them, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction.
What are reproductive plant organs?
The parts of a plant (such as flowers, fruits, and seeds) involved in reproduction.
What are undifferentiated cells?
Cells that have not specialized in any particular function.
What is xylem?
Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves.
What is phloem?
Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant.
What is a Mosaic?
The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant.
What is a leaf margin?
The characteristics of the leaf edge.
What is a Deciduous plant?
A plant that loses its leaves for winter.
What is Girdling?
The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk.
What is alternation of generations?
A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form.
What is a dominant generation?
In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the lifecycle.
