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Contractile Vacuole

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An organelle found in certain eukaryotic cells, it pumps water out of the cell

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Bryophytes (non vascular plants)

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They don’t have any vascular tissue

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Tissue

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A group of similar cells that perform a particular task in an organism

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Organ

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A group of tissues integrated to perform one or more functions in an organism

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Basic tissue types

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Meristem
Dermal
Ground
Vascular

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Meristem tissue

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Unspecialized cells capable of dividing

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Dermal tissue

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Protection and exchange with the environment

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Ground tissue

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Several types of variety of functions (aka filler tissue)

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Vascular tissue

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Transport of substances in plants

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Two types of vascular tissue

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Phloem
Xylem

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Phloem

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Transports sugar into the plant
Two types of phloem are companion cells and sieve tube members

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Xylem

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Transports water and minerals from the roots
Two types of cells in xylem are tracheids and vassal elements

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Plant organs

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Root
Stem
Leaf
Flower

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Root

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Absorbs water and minerals, anchors the plant and stores food

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Stem

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Holds leaves up and transport between leaves and roots, photosynthesis and stores food

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Leaf

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Photosynthesis, protection

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Flower

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Sexual reproduction

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Primary tissues

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Vascular Cambium
Primary Xylem
Primary phloem
Pith
Fibres
Cortex

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Secondary tissues

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Mature from cambium
Cambium cells that remain grow and divide
New cells produced turn into secondary tissues

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Stoma

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Allows air to get in and out of the leaf
Has 2 guard cells

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Palisade mesophyll

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Top of the leaf

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Spongy Mesophyll

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Bottom of the leaf

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Source cell

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A source of sugar

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Sink cell

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Removing sugar from the flow

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Monocot

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In a Monocot seed there is only 1 cotyledon

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Dicot

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In a dicot seed there is 2 cotyledons

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Kingdom Fungi

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They are chemoheterotrophic
Absorb Nutrients from the environment
Typically multicellular
Typically made up of filaments called hyphae

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Zygomycota

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When they fuse together they become zygosporangium

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Basidiomycota

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The haploid mycelia, two different mating types can fuse together but the nuclei don’t
The cells of the basidiocarp each have 2 haploid nuclei

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Kingdom animalia

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Chemoheterotrophic
Multicellular
Tissues, organs
Organ systems
Maintain homeostasis

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Homeostasis

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The steady state physiological condition of the body

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Osmotic potential

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The concentration of solute in your body fluids

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Four basic animal tissue types

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Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
Muscle tissue
Nerve tissue

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