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17 Cards in this Set
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Cuticle |
Alexi coating on the surface of stems and leaves that helps retain water |
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Xylem |
The nonliving portion of a plants vascular system that provides support and conveys xylem sap from the roots to the rest of the plant |
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Fruit |
Arrivin thickened ovary of a flower which protects dormant seeds and aids in their dispersal |
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Angiosperms |
A flowering plant which forms seeds inside a protective chamber called an ovary |
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Monocots |
A flowering plant whose embryos have a single seed leaf or cotyledon |
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Dicots |
A flowering plant who's embryo has to see leaves or cotyledons |
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Gymnosperm |
Naked seed plant its seed is said to be naked because it is not enclosed in a fruit |
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Phloem |
The portion of a plants vascular system that conveys phloem sap throughout a plant made up of sieve-tube members |
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Meristem |
Plant tissue consisting of undifferentiated cells that divide and generate new cells and tissues |
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Ground tissue |
A tissue of mostly parenchyma cells that make up the bulk of a young plant and is continuous throughout its body. The ground tissue system fills the space between the epidermis and the vascular tissue system |
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Root |
All of a plants roots that anchor it in the soil observe and transport minerals and water and store food |
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Vascular bundle |
A strand of vascular tissues in a plant system |
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Vein |
The vascular bundle in leaf composed of xylem and phloem |
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Root hair |
An outgrowth of an epidemic sell on a route which increases the roots absorptive surface area |
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Stem |
Part of a plant shoot system that supports the leaves and reproductive structures |
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Stomata |
Appor surrounded by guard cells in the epidemis of a leaf when still not are open co2 enters a leaf and water and o2 exit. A plant conserves water when its stomata are closed |
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Guard cell |
The specialized epidermal and plants that regulates the size of a stoma allowing gas exchange between the surrounding air in the photosynthetic cells in the leaf |
