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Structure that is responsible for support of the plant body and for carrying nutrients between different parts of the plant is the...
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Stem
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which type of plant tissue would be found only in the reproductive parts of a plant?
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Meristematic Tissue
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Function of Phloem
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Transport of Nutrients
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tracheids and vessel elements make up
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Xylem
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The waterproof strip that surrounds cells of the endodermis is the...
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Casparian Strip
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Increases the thickness of stems over time by production of Vascular Tissue by:
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Vascular Cambrium
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In a leaf, there are many air spaces between the cells in what?
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The Spongy Mesophyll
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Stomata open and close in response to pressure in what..?
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Gaurd Cells
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what the Rise of water in a tall plant depends on
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root pressure and Capillary action
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Xylem
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transports water
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phloem
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transports nutrients
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parenchyma
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ground tissue with thin cell wall
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collenchyma
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ground tissue with flexible cell wall. supports larger plants
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sclerenchyma
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very thick cell wall, makes ground tissue tough.
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difference of stems in monocots and dicots
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dicot: vascular bundles arranged in a ring.
monocot:randomly scattered |
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root hairs
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help with water absorption
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vascular cambrium
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meristematic tissue that produces vascular tissues and increases thickness of stem.
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3 main functions of leaves
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photosynthesis, transpiration, and gas exchange
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function of the cuticle and epidermis
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outermost layers of plant cells, meant for protection and prohibits the loss of water from cells. the openings regulate water and gas exchange.
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gaurd cells
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protect the cell from losing water
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source cell
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cell that sugars from photosynthesis are produced.
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sink cells
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cells where the source cell sugars are stored or used.
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plant characteristics
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eukaryotic, multicullular, cell wall of cellulose, photoautotrophic.
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gametophyte eggs ans sperm fuse to make this
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sporophytes
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what plants need to survive
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sunlight, water, minerals, gas, movement of water.
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Bryophytes
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nonvascular, seedless, mosses
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reproduction of bryophytes
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sporophyte grows out of gametophyte
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Arthrophytes
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seedless, vascular,
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Coniferophyta
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vasuclar, seeded cones, known as gymnosperms
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Anthophyta
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vasuclar flowering plants, 2 classes(monocot and dicot)
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Monocot leaf
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parallel veins
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monocot stem
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random vascular bundles
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monocot roots
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grow out and netlike
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monocot flower
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petals in multiples of 3
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dicot leaf
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netlike veins
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dicot stem
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vascular bundles are arranged
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dicot flower
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petals in multiples of 5
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dicot roots
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grow mainly straight down
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annual
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one year of life
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biennial
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2 years of living
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perennial
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lives many years
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most recognizable stage of moss
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gametophyte
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alternation of generations
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when many algae switch from being haploid to diploid
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3 features that the plant kingdom is divided by
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conducting tissues, seeds and flowers
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protonema
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haploid mass of green filament in moss that forms during germination
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