plant module notecards Flashcards
4 momocot characteristics
parallel leaves, fibrous root, one food sac, monkey face fibrovascar bundles
4 dicot characteristics
netted leaves, tap root, two food sacs, jellyfish or grape fibrovascar bundles
flowering plants like roses, cotton, daisies
angiosperms
not flowering plants
gymnosperms
what is the root cap?
made up of dead cells
what is a root hair
soaks up water and minerals from the soil
what is the meristematic region
place where mitosis occurs
3 functions of roots
soak up water + minerals + anchor +storage
breathing holes in stem
lenticels
type of blood vessel that takes water and minerals from the roots to the leaves
xylem
type of Plant blood vessel that delivers glucose from leaves to stems and roots
phloem
stem that can do some photosynthesis
herbaceous
A stem with bark on it
woody
three functions of stems for plants
make him display leaves, storage, xylem and phloem
breathing holes on the bottom of the leaf
stomata
Open and close the stomata under the leaf
Guard cells
waxy covering on top side of Leaf for protection
Cuticle
place in leaf where most photosynthesis occurs
palisade mesophyl
place where gas exchange takes place
spongy mesophyl
contains xylem and phloem in the leaf
fiberovascular bundle