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Botany |
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The study of plants |
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Alternation of generations |
Life cycle which there is both multicellular diploid and haploid form |
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Gamophyte |
Function of the Haploid generation |
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Sporophyte |
Function of the diploid generation |
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Vascular tissue |
Tube shaped cells branching throughout a plant that transport materials between roots and shoots |
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Dominant generation |
In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle |
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Pollen |
A fine dust that contains plants sperm |
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2 classes of angiosperms |
Monocotyledonae, dicotyledonae |
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Cotyledon |
A seed leaf that provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the plants first leaf |
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Perennial plants |
Plants that grow year after year |
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Annual plants |
Plants that only live for one year |
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Biennial plants |
Plants that live for 2 years |
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Know this |
Know it or u will fail |
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Perfect flowers |
Flowers with both stamens and carpels |
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Imperfect flowers |
Flowers with either stamens or carpels but not both |
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Seed |
An ovule with a protective coating encasing a mature plant embryo with a nutrient source |
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Fruit |
A mature ovary that contains a seed or seeds |
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Pollination |
The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the carpel in flowering plants |
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Double fertilization |
Function of two sperms cells fusing with two other cells |
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