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Male gametophyte stage of gymnosperm
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pollen grain
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Cone in which gymnosperm produced in female gametophyte
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seed cone
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Structure found in pairs near the base of each scale on a seed cone
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ovule
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Male cone that produces male gametophytes
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pollen cone
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Contains two haploid sperm cells
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Pollen tube
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Encloses the bud before it opens and protects the developing flower
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sepals
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brightly colored part of a flower that attracts insects
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petal
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produces pollen grains
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anther
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innermost floral part that produces the female gametophytes
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carpel
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flower structure containing one or more ovules
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ovary
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as it grows the seedling is nourished by
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endosperm
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when a corn seedling germinates its cotyledon
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remains underground
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the outer layer of the seed is called
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the seed coat
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an ovary containing angiosperms seed may ripen into
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a fruit
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An embryo is alive but not growing during its period Of
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dormancy
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A single plant can reproduce many offspring genetically identical to itself in the process of
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Vegetative reproduction
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The process in which stems cut from a parent plant are attached to another plant is called
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grafting
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The process in which lateral buds cut from a parent plant are attached to another plant is called
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Budding
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Where does gymnosperm reproduction take place
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pollen and seed cones
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The three principal organs of seed plants are
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Roots, stem, and leaves
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The three type of plant tissues systems are
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Meristematic dermal and vascular
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Two cell types that make up xylem
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tracheids and vessel elements
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Two cell types of makeup for phloem
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sieve tubes and companion cells
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seive tube elements and companion cells are all parts of what
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Vascular tissue
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along a stem leaves and buds are separated by regions of a stem called
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internode
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In a dicot stem parenchyma cells inside the ring of vascular tissue are known as
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vascular bundles
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Primary growth increases what
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The length of the stem
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the increase of width of the stem is what type of growth
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secondary
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The older xylem near the center of a woody stem is
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Heartwood
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Dicots tend to have a thick primary root called
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taproot
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A mature root has a central cylinder of
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Vascular tissue
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The outside layer of a mature root consists of
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Epidermal cells
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The type of tissue in a plant root that separates the central cylinder and the outside layer of cells
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Ground tissue
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The outer layer of a root is
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Epidermis
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The tip of the root is protected by
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root cap
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The innermost part of the root is called
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The stele or vascular cylinder
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The surface area for absorption is tremendously increased by the presence of
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Root hair
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Branch roots grow from the
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Root hair zone
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Two types of protective tissue are
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Cork and epidermis
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Water and minerals are conducted up from the roots to the rest of the plant by the
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xylem
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Food and other dissolved substances are conducted throughout the plant by the
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Phloem
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Where does cell division take place in the root
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Root cap
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What makes up the cortex
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xylem and phloem
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Annual plants survive for
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One year
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Perennials survive for
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More than two years
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The difference between monocots and dicots
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Monocots are angiosperms with parellel viens whose seed have one cotyledon dicots have branched veins and seeds have to cytoledon
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Angiosperms have a what seed
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enclosed
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gymnosperms have
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a naked seed
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What produces new xylem and phloem
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Meristematic tissue
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Cells that divide to increase length of the stem and roots
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apical stems
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cells that increase the plant in width
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lateral meristem
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Where is the photosynthetic tissue of a leaf
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mesophyll
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root
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leaf
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1 anther
2 filament 3 stigma 4 style 5 ovary |
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type of cell specialized to conduct water
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trachied
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underground stem
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rhizome
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underground organ that exchanges water and .minerals with the environment
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root
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tissue specialized to conduct water and nutrients
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vascular tissue
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photosynthetic organ that contains one or more bundles of vascular tissue
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leaf
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tissue that carries water upward from the roots to other parts of the plant
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xylem
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supporting structure that connects roots and leaves of a plant
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stem
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vascular tissue gathered in leaves
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vein
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coal consists of fossilized remains of
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club mosses
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an increase In the size of the fruit is stimulated by
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gibberelinns
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the group of cells that is located at the petiole and seals off the leaf off from the vascular system In preparation for winter dormacy
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abscission layer
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the desert plant the cactus is also known as
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xerophyte
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a plant that grows directly on the body of another but still produces its own food
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epiphyte
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