Chapter 23 Intro To Plants

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Cuticle

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Waxy layer that covers the nonwoody above ground parts of most plants

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Stomata

Back 2

Pores that permit plants too exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide

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Guard Cells

Back 3

Border each stoma and change shape to allow the stomata to open and close

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Vascular System

Back 4

a system of well developed vascular tissue that distributes materials

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Nonvascular PLants

Back 5

small plants that have no vascular systems

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Vascular Plants

Back 6

have vascular systems

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Seed

Back 7

structure containing the embryo of a plant

Front 8

Seed Plants

Back 8

vascular plants that produce seeds

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Embryo

Back 9

an early stage in the developement of plants and animals

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Flower

Back 10

a reproductive structure that produces pollen and seeds

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Phloem

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relatively soft-walled cells that transport organic nutrients

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Xylem

Back 12

hard-walled cells that transports water and mineral nutrients

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Shoot

Back 13

part of plant that grows upward

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Root

Back 14

part of plant that grows downward

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Meristem

Back 15

zones of actively dividing plant cells

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Rhizoids

Back 16

hair-like projections

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Rhizomes

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horizontal underground stems

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Fronds

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rhizomes anchored by roots and leaves

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Cone

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clusters of nongreen spore-bearing leaves from a structure

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Gymnosperm

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seed plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container

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Angiosperms

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seed plants whose seeds develop in a specialized structure called fruit

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Endosperm

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the supply of store food in seeds of angiosperms

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Dicots

Back 23

flowering plants that produce seeds with two seed leaves

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Monocots

Back 24

flowering plants that produce seed leaves with one seed leaf

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Vegetative Parts

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any nonreproductive part of a plant