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Plant Growth and Development Flashcards

1
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Non-vascular plants

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Lack xylem and phloem, ex. moss

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Seedless vascular plants

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Reproduce with spores, found in moist environments, ex. ferns

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Gymnosperms

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Have non-coated seeds, ex. conifers

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Angiosperms

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Flowering plants with coated seeds

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Monocots/monocotyledons definition and characteristics

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Has a single cotelydon in seeds
Petals in multiples of 3
Fibrous roots
Scattered vasculature
Parallel leaf veins
No secondary growth
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Dicots/dicotyledons definition and characteristics

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Seeds contain 2 cotyledons.
Petals in multiples of 4/5
Taproot
Vasculature in ring 
Netted leaf veins
Secondary growth
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7
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Epicotyl

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Region above cotelydon

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Hypocotyl

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Region below cotyledon, above root axis

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9
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Pericarp

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Seed coat

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10
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Endosperm

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Provides nutrition for plant embryo

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11
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Seed definition

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Embryo, endosperm, and coat

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Embryo definition

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Contains every part that isn’t endosperm or coat

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13
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Scutellum

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Monocot cotyledon, specialized for absorbing endosperm (thinner, large surface area)

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14
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Cotyledon

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Embryonic leaf

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15
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Embryonic shoot

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Plumule

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16
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Embryonic root

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Monocot cotyledon

18
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Structure that protects plumule

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Coleoptile

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Structure that protects radicle

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Coleorhiza

20
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Meristematic

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Remains embryonic

21
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The meristematic regions

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RAM-Root Apical Meristem

SAM-Shoot Apical Meristem

22
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Becomes the vascular tissue

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Procambium

23
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Becomes epidermis

24
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Becomes ground tissue

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Ground meristem

25
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Dormancy

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Seed in stasis, needs cues to grow

26
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Seed banks

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Seeds lying dormant in soil

27
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Seedling order of development

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Radicle emerges first

Shoot emerges and protects SAM

28
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Type of growth in plants

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Indeterminate growth

29
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Clonal replicates of SAM

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Axillary buds

30
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Responsible for secondary growth

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Lateral meristems

31
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Found in monocots, for growth of stems and leaves

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Intercalary meristem

32
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Meristem Initials

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Divide slowly and carefully

33
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Meristem Derivatives

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Divide faster

34
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SAM Orginazation

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Protoderm, ground meristem, procambium, ground meristem

35
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Quiescent center

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In RAM, slowly dividing initials

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