Module #14 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Perennial plants

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Plants that grow year after year

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Botany

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The study of plants

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Annual plants

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Plants that live for only one year

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Biennial plants

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Plants that live for two years

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Vegetative organs

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Parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction

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Reproductive plant organs

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The parts of a plant (such as flowers, fruits, and seeds) involved in reproduction

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Undifferentiated cells

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Cells that have not specialized in any particular function

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Xylem

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Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves

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Phloem

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Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant

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Leaf mosaic

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The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant

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Leaf margin

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The characteristics of the leaf edge

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Deciduous plant

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A plant that loses its leaves for winter

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Girdling

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The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk

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Alternation of generations

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A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form

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Dominant generation

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In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle

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Pollen

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A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants

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Cotyledon

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A “seed leaf” which develops as a part of the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant