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Vegetative Organs |
Parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction |
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Reproductive Plant Organs |
Parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are involved in reproduction. |
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Undifferentiated Cells |
Cells that have not specialized in any particular function. |
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Phloem |
Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout the plant. |
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Deciduous Plant |
A plant that loses its leaves for winter. |
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First leaf |
Shape: chordate Margin: serrate Venation: palmate |
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Second leaf |
Shape: deltoid Margin: dentate Venation: palmate |
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Third leaf |
Shape: linear Margin: entire Venation: parallel |
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Fourth leaf |
Shape: elliptical Margin: undulate Venation: pinnate |
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What function do guard cells perform in a leaf? |
They open and close the stomata. |
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A leaf has spongy mesophyll on top. Which side of the leaf will be a lighter shade of green? |
The top layer will be lighter. |
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What structure in a deciduous tree causes the leaves to fall off in the autumn? |
The abscission layer. |
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What are anthocyanins, and what do they do to a leaf's color? |
They are pigments that can give a leaf a color other than green. |
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In what region of a root do you find undifferentiated cells? |
In the meristematic tissue. |
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Is the diagram a monocot or dicot? |
It is a monocot. |
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Why is the bark of a tree often cracked? |
Because the stem grows and breaks the bark when it gets too big. |
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A tree has seed comes and pollen cones. To which phylum does it belong? |
Phylum Coniferophyta. |
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A plant has a root system that grows without branching. What kind of root system is that? |
Taproot. |
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Name two differences between monocots and dicots. |
The number of cotyledons produced in a seed, and the venation of leaves. |
