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18 Cards in this Set
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cuticle
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reduces water because of a waxy covering
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stimulus
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tropism
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guard cells
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open and close a plants stomata
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stomata
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openings in lower epidermis
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glucose
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food & sugar
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upper epidermis
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top layer of a leaf
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lower epidermis
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bottom layer of a leaf
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touch tropism
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plants trap like leaves snap shut on an insect that has landed on it
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fertilization
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the joining of a male and female reproductive cell produces seeds
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gymnosperms
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have male and female parts in different cones
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angiosperms
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male and female parts in the same flower
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pistil
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the female part that contains the eggs
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stamen
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male part that produces pollen that contains sperm
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sepals
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cover the small reproductive parts when the flower is a bud
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anthers
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small organs at the top of stamen that produce pollen
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style
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long narrow tube that makes up most of the pistil
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stigma
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top of the pistil that is sticky and holds the pollen grains
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pollenation
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the transfer of pollen from an anther to stigma
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