Plant Flashcards

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1
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Nonvascular plants ( mosses, liverworts, and hornworts); must live close to water and low to ground

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Bryophytes

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Long thin cells that anchor a bryophyte to the ground and abs org water and nutrients from the soil

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Rhizoids

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Vascular tissue that carries water from the roots to the rest of the plant

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Xylem

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Vascular tissue that carried nutrients and carbs produced by photosynthesis

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Phloem

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5
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Plants with vascular tissue at do not use seeds in reproduction ex- club mosses, horsetails, and ferns

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Seedless vascular plants

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6
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Creeping it underground stems seen in ferns

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Rhizomes

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Plants with vascular tissue that produce seeds; divided into two groups

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Seed plants

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8
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Plants who’s see a are found on cones

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Gymnosperms

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9
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Multicellular eukaryotes that have cell walls of cellulose

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Plants

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10
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Flowering plants

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Angiosperms

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Angiosperm having one sees leaf, parallel veins, three part symmetry, fibrous roots and scattered vascular tissue

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Monocot

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Angiosperm having two seed leaves, branching veins, four to five part symmetry, taproots and vascular tissue arranged In a ring

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Dicot

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13
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Plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season

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Annual

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14
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Plant that takes two growing seasons to complete its life cycle

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Biennial

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15
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Flowering plant that lives several years

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Perennial

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16
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Seed bearing reproductive organ of an angiosperm

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Flower

17
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The transfer of pollen from the male structure to a female structure

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Pollination

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Includes the male reproductive parts of a flower made up of an anther and filament

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Stamen

19
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Includes the female reproductive parts of a flower

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Carpel or pistil

20
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Specialized tissue located on the outer covering of a plant

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Dermal tissue

21
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Specialized tissue containing two subsystems moving water and nutrients throughout the plant

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Vascular tissue

22
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Specialized tissue located between the dermal and the vascular tissue in plants

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Ground tissue

23
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Waxy layer on the outer surface of a plant protecting against water loss and injury

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Cuticle

24
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Organ of the plant responsible for anchoring the plant, water absorption and transporting nutrients and water to the rest of the plant

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Roots

25
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Organ of the plant responsible for support, transporting materials from roots to leaves and for producing leaves, branches and flowers

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Stems

26
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Photosynthetic organs that contain one or more bundles of vascular tissue gathered into veins

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Leaves

27
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Structure on the underside of leaves that open and close the stomata by responding to changes in water pressure

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Ground cells

28
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Tiny opening in the underside of leaves allowing for gas exchange

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Stomata

29
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Loss of water from a plant through its leaves

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Transpiration

30
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Body symmetry where a single imaginary plane can divide the body onto two equal halves

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Bilateral symmetry

31
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Body symmetry where no symmetry exists

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Asymmetry