Plants

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Cuticle

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waxy waterproof layer that covers the plant

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Vascular Tissue

Back 2

system of tube like structures inside a plant through which water and minerals move

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Zygote

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A fertilized egg

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Nonvascular plants

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Plants without vascular tissue

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Vascular plants

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Plants with true vascular tissue

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sporophyte

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a stage where the plants produce spores

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Gametophyte

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Stage where a plant produces two kinds of sex cells, sperm cells and egg cells.

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Rhizoid

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Thin root like structures

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Frond

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Leaves on a fern

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phloem

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Vascular tissue through which food moves

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Xylem

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Vascular tissue through which water and minerals move

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Pollen

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tiny structures that contain the cells that will later become sperm cells

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Seed

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Structure that contains a young plant in a protective covering

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Embryo

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The plant that develops from the zygote

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Cotyledon

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Where food is stored inside a seed

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Germination

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when the embryo begins to grow and pushes out of the seed and absorbs water from the environment.

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root cap

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Protects the root from damage as it grows into the soil.

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cambium

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Layer of cells that divides to produce new phloem xylem

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transpiration

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process by which water evaporates from a plants leaves

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Gymnosperm

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Seed plant that produces naked seeds

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cone

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reproductive structures

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ovule

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structure that contains an egg cell

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pollination

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transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to a female reproductive structure.

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angiosperm

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group of seed plants

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flower

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reproductive structure of an angiosperm

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sepal

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leaf like structures

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petal

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colorful leaf like structures on a flower

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stamen

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male reproductive parts of a flower

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pistil

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female parts of a flower

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ovary

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hollow structure at the base of the flower

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fruit

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a ripened ovary and other structures that enclose one or more seeds

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monocot

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angiosperms that have only one seed leaf

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dicot

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produce seed with two seed leaves

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tropism

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growth response toward or away from a stimulous

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hormone

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chemical that effect how a plant grows and develops

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auxin

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speeds up the rate that the plant cell grows

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photoperiodism

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A plants response to to seasonal changes in length of night and day .

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short-day plant

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plants that flower when nights are longer than a normal length.

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long-day plant

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Plants that flower when when nights are shorter than normal.

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critical night length

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number of hours of darkness that determines whether or not a plant will flower.

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day-neutral plant

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plants thats flowering cycle is not sensitive to periods of light and dark.

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dormancy

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period when an organisms growth or activity stops.

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annuals

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Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one one growing season.

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biennials

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Angiosperms that complete their life cycle in two years.

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perinial

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Flowering plants that live for more than two years.