Plants Flashcards
Cuticle
Waxy layer covering the epidermis of plants that protects from water loss
Stomata
Microscopic opening bordered by guard cells in the leaves of plants through which gas exchange occurs
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Xylem and phloem
Xylem transports water and soluble mineral nutrients from roots upwards. It is responsible for replacing water loss through transpiration and photosynthesis.
Phloem: Translocates sugars made by photosynthetic areas of plants to storage organs like roots and bulbs.
Seed
An encapsulated plant embryo; a fertilization ovule of a plant
Spore
Small, single called reproductive body that is resistant to adverse conditions.
Alternation of generations
Life cycle that has two alternating phases- a haploid (N) phase and a diploid (2N) phase.
Photosynthesis
The process of procuring carbohydrates from light energy. Includes light independent and light dependent reactions.
6CO2 +6H2O—Light—> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Rhizoid
An outgrowth in a moss
Fruit
Sweet, fleshy product of a plant that contains a seed and can be eaten
Sorus (sori)
Little packets of sporangia (spores) found on the underside of the frond leaflets.
Sporophyte
The asexual and usually diploid phase that produces spores. Dominant in calcular plants.
Gametophyte
The gamete producing and usually haploid phase producing the zygote.
Cones
The dry fruit of a conifer that releases seeds
Ovary
Contains ovules where seeds are fertilized. Will mature into fruit!
Pollination
An animal usually an insect carries pollen from flower to flower
Transpiration
Loss of water from a plant through its leaves
Embryo
Part of a seed containing 1 or 2 cotyledons, tissues for leaves, roots and stems.
Cotyledon
The first leaf or pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant.
Pollen
Pollen tube
In seed plants the sperm producing male gametophytes.
In seed plants, a tube that forms when a pollen grain lands on the stigma and germinates. The tube grows to reach the egg inside an ovule, where fertilization occurs.