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47 Cards in this Set
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Adhesive
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Something that sticks to other things
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Cohesive
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Something that tends to stick to itself
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Bryophytes
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non-vascular plants
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Seedless Vascular Plants
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Seeds that have vascular tissues but do not produce seeds
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Gymnosperms
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Seed bearing plants
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Angiosperms
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Flowering Plants
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Cuticle
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The waxy protective outer layer of a plant that covers the above land parts of a plan. Reducing the loss of water.
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Stomata
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Specialized pores that allow passage of gasses through a cuticle
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Guard Cells
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Cells that contract and expand that border each stomata to limit the flow of gas
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Vascular System
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Tissues that transport water and other materials throughout a plant.
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Alternation of Generation
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The pattern among life cycles in which a haploid alternates with a diploid
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Haploid
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A cell with half of the genetic complement of DNA
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Diploid
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A type of cell with all the genetic compliment
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Archegonia
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The female sex organ in bryophytes that creates eggs
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Anteridia
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the male sex organ in bryophytes that creates sperm
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Vascular Tissue
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Specialized strands that run throughout plants transporting proteins and other materials
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Phloem
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The living tissue in vascular plants that brings mainly sugar throughout the plant
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Xylem
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The vascular tissue that brings water and other nutrients throughout a plant
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Sporangium
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Spore producing reproductive structure in plants
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Meristem
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Tissues in plants that promote growth
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Autotrophic
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an organism that can create it's own food
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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(like a factory for proteins) a continuous membrane system that forms a series of flattened sacs within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell and is important in the biosynthesis, processing, and transport of proteins and lipids
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Organelle
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A specialized sub unit within a cell that has a specific function, and is usually seperately enclosed within its own lipid bilayer
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Heterotrophic
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An organism that cannot create its own food
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Chloroplast
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An organelle in a plant cell responsible for photosynthesis
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Golgi Complex
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processes and packages proteins and lipids
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Mitochondria
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Power plant of the cell (generates power)
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Nucleus
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Replicates DNA during mitosis (contains instructions like a library of the cell)
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Vacuole
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Water reservoir (storage of the cell's water)
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Cell Membrane
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Semipermeable membrane that separates/protects inside of a cell from outside
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Cell Wall
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Gives shape to the cell/semi rigid outer layer of a cel. Filters what gets into cell
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Cellulose
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The sugar out of which the cell wall is made of
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Phospholipid
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A semipolar fat that makes up the cell membrane
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Ribosome
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Like machines in the ER that make proteins
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Prokaryotic
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Free living bacteria that lack organelles
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Eukaryotic
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Organisms with multiple membrane bound organelles and nucleus
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Archaebacteria
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Extermophytes
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Cyanobacteria
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photosynthesizing bacteria
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Diffusion
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movement of atoms/molecules from a place of high concentration to one of low concentration
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Osmosis
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The diffusion of water across a semi permeable membrane
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Semi Permeable
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Partly penetratable
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Solution
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A homogeneous mixture made of two substances
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Solute
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The substance dissolved into another
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Solvent
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The substance that something is dissolved into
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Hypertonic
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A solution with higher solute concentration than another
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Hypotonic
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A solution with a lower solute concentration than another
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Isotonic
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A solution with an equal solute concentration to another
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