Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Biennial |
This takes two years to complete their life cycle |
Two |
|
|
Perennial |
These plants live for many years and produce seeds every year |
Many |
|
|
Meristematic |
Producing new cells by mitosis in the shoots and roots |
Mitosis |
|
|
Vascular tissue |
Transport tissue, xylem and phloem |
Transport |
|
|
Xylem |
Transports water and dissolved minerals |
|
|
|
Phloem |
Transports food around the plant |
|
|
|
Monocot |
One cotyledon, parallel leaf veins, vascular bundles scattered |
|
|
|
Dicot |
Two cotyledons, netted leaf veins, vascular bundles in a ring like pattern |
|
|
|
Phototropism |
Plants response to light |
|
|
|
Pollination |
The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of another plant |
|
|
|
Photosynthesis |
Water+carbon dioxide--->sunlight and chlorophyll +oxygen+energy |
|
|
|
Igneous |
Formed by the cooling of molten lava |
|
|
|
Sedimentary |
Fragments of sediments from other rock types and compacted together |
|
|
|
Metamorphic |
Rocks the are expressed to great pressure or heat and are changed |
|
|
|
Gene |
Section of a chromosome the controls a specific trait |
|
|
|
Chromosome |
A strand of DNA found in nucleus containing genes |
|
|
|
Allele |
Different form of the same gene |
|
|
|
Locus |
Location of a gene on a chromosome |
|
|
|
Genotype |
Set of genes an individual possesses |
|
|
|
Phenotype |
Physical appearance of an organism |
|
|
|
Gamete |
Sex cells |
|
|
|
Dominant |
Genes that are always expressed if present |
|
|
|
Recessive |
Only expressed if dominant is absent |
|
|
|
Homozygous |
Either two recessive or two dominant genes |
|
|
|
Heterozygous |
One dominant or one recessive gene |
|
|
|
Homologous chromosomes |
Pair of chromosomes with identical genes on them |
|
|
|
Haploid |
1 set of chromosomes |
|
|
|
Diploid |
Two sets of chromosomes |
|
