Plants Flashcards
Non-Vascular or Vascular: lack true roots, stems, and leaves
non vascular
Non-Vascular or Vascular: Atracheophytes
non vascular
When a flowering plant has two seeds, it is called?
Dicot
How do seedless plants reproduce?
Produce spores
“Skin” of the plant
Dermal tissue or epidermis
Dead cells that carry water and dissolved nutrients throughout the plant
Xylem
Live cells that carry food from the leaves to the plant
Phloem
Ground tissue: cells that perform metabolic functions
Parenchyma
Ground tissue: cells that provide flexibility and tensile strength
Collenchyma
Ground tissue: cells that provide structure and support
Sclerenchyma
Two major systems of a plant
Root and shoot system
what are the vegetative organs of a plant?
roots, stems, leaves
stems are made of what?
segments of nodes and internodes
What are the modified stems?
stolons, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs
What does the leaf usually consist?
Blade and petiole
