PLANT STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION Flashcards
EPIDERMIS
FUNCTIONS: COVERS PLANT SURFACES FOR PROTECTION AND GAS EXCHANGE
CELL TYPES: PARENCHYMA AND GUARD CELLS
GROUND
FUNCTIONS: FOOD STORAGE AND SUPPORT
CELL TYPES: PARENCHYMA, COLLENCHYMA, AND SCLERENCHYMA
VASCULAR
FUNCTIONS: TRANSPORTS WATER AND DIFFERENT BIOMOLECULES
CELL TYPES: XYLEM AND PHLOEM
VASCULAR PLANTS
HAS A COMPLETE VASCULAR SYSTEM (ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES) TO DISTRIBUTE WATER AND NUTRIENTS
NON-VASCULAR PLANTS
NO MEANS TO TRANSPORT WATER AND NUTRIENTS EQUALLY (MOSSES)
SEED-BEARING PLANTS
REPRODUCES WITH SEEDS
SPORE-BEARING PLANTS
REPRODUCES WITH SPORES (FERNS)
ANGIOSPERM PLANTS
SEEDS HAVE PROTECTIVE COVERING (APPLE, STRAWBERRY, GUAVA)
GYMNOSPERMS
SEEDS HAVE NO PROTECTIVE COATING (PINE TREES)
MONOCOT
HAS 1 COTYLEDON (COCONUT, BANANA, BAMBOO)
DICOT
2 OR MORE COTYLEDONS (PEANUT, AVOCADO, MANGO)