plants Flashcards

1
Q

Carry substances between roots and leaves; provide support for plant; holds leaves up to sunlight; produce leaves, branches, or flowers at the nodes

A

Stems

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2
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The plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering

A

Seed

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3
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A vascular tissue that moves water and nutrients into the leaf

A

Xylem

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4
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A vascular tissue that moves finished sugars out of the leaf

A

Phloem

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5
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The organelle where chlorophyll is found

A

Chloroplast

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6
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the outer layer of bark

A

cork

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7
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And a layer of living cells just under the dead cork constantly dividing to produce new cork cells

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cork cambium

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8
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tugor pressure

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A kind of pressure caused by the presence of water inside a plant’s central vacuoles

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9
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taproot system and fibrous root system

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Types of roots

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10
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I thin ring of Phloem and the tissue on the outside of the tree trunk

A

bark

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11
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a nonvascular plant that’s shaped like a human liver. found growing as a thick crust on moist rocks or soil along the sides of a stream.

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Liverworts

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12
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A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the cell walls of many organisms

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Cellulose

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13
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The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants.( keeps plants from water loss)

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Cuticle

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14
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specialized tissue in plants that carries water and nutrients

A

vascular tissue

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15
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nonvascular plants

A

Bryophytes

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16
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Green and leafy with attached root-like rhizoids; always present

A

gametophyte

17
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Consists of the stalk and capsule; not always present

A

sporophyte

18
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Plants who is vascular bundles are evenly distributed throughout their stems

A

Monocots

19
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Plants whose vascular bundles are found in a ring around the outer portion of the stem

A

Dicots

20
Q

the layer of cells in a leaf where most photosynthesis occurs

A

palisade layer

21
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the vascular tissue of leaves; type of vascular bundleVeins

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22
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Loosely packed cells, so that carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxygen can move easily to the palisade layer

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spongy layer

23
Q

Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move; guard cells on either side of the stomata regulate the size of the opening

A

Stomata

24
Q

Rings or layers of wood which represent one growth period of a tree. In cross section the rings may indicate the age of the tree.

A

Annual rings

25
Q

A thick-walled that helps support a plant

A

Fibers

26
Q

Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in ground.

A

roots

27
Q

herbaceous and woody

A

Types of stems

28
Q

They have thin, leafy structures attached by rhizoids and transport water by diffusion

A

Hornworts

29
Q

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants, which includes sphagnum

A

moss