plants Flashcards
monocots vs dictots
one vs 2 cotyledons
examples of mono, dicots?
mono: corn di: peas, beans
4 kinds of plants:
primitive, avascular. primitive vascular. gymnosperms. angiosperms
primitive avascular:
moss
primitive vascular
ferms (xylem, phloem)
xylem/phloem?
xylem carries water up from roots. phloem carries sugars down
gymnosperms
conifers. eg pine evergreen. ‘naked seeds’ pollen, woody structures
angiosperms
apples, flowering plants. have covered seeds and fruit.
qualities of monocot plant
1 embryonic leaf. parallel veins. long slender leaves. vascular bundles in random arrangement
qualities of dicot plant
2 embryonic leaves. veins go out in all directions. round leaves. vascular bundles found around outer edge.
growth in height of tree is due to:
branches
circumferential growth
tree getting fatter in diameter. aka, how you tell how old a tree is