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GabbiTChapter3Vocab
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The root that begins growth from the stem of a plant or a leaf. | Adventitious Root |
Flowering plants that produce seed protected in a fruit or pod, such as apples or beans. | Angiosperm |
Plant that completes its life cycle in one year or growing season. | Annual |
Part of a flower that produces pollen. | Anther |
Condition created by hormones in the apical meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing. | Apical dominance |
The primary growing point in the terminal bud. | Apical meristem |
Plant that completes its life cycle in two years or growing seasons. | Biennial |
Plants with wide, flat leaves. | Broadleaf Plant |
Plant structure that contains undeveloped leaves, stems, and/or flowers. | Buds |
Plant structures that cover and protect undeveloped parts. | Bud Scale |
All of the sepals of a flower. | Calyx |
LAyers of cells where cell division and plant growth occurs. | Cambium |
A flower with four parts: Sepals, Petals, Stamens, and Pistil. | Complete Flower |
Leaf composed of petiole and two or more leaf blades called leaflets. | Compound Leaf |
Epidermis cells with a waxy coating that prevents excessive water loss. | Cuticle |
Woody perennial plant that loses its leaves in the fall. | Deciduous |
A class of flowering plants; oaks, cacti, roses, and soybeans are examples. | Dicot |
Plant spieces with the male and female flowers on different plants. | Dioecious |
Protective layers of cells on the outside of leaves and other organs. | Epidermis |
PLants that keep their leaves year round. | Evergreen |
Root System consisting of numerous slender roots. | Fibrous Root System |
Stalks part of the stamen that holds theanther in a flower. | Filament |
Reproductive organ of a plant. | Flower |
Pair of cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata. | Guard cell |
Plants that have seeds not protected by fruit, such as pinecones. | Gymnosperm |
Plants with tolerance for cold weather. | Hardy |
Soft stems of some perennial plants that are killed by frost. | Herbaceous |
A flower that lacks a stamen or pistil. | Imperfect Flower |
Two or more leaf blades. | Incomplete Flower |
Plant organs responsible for food production for the plant. | Lateral Bud |
Large broad part of a leaf. | Leaf Blade |
Tissue in the middle layer of a leaf that conducts photosynthesis. | Leaflet |
Plants that have both male and female flowers seperately, such as corn. | Leaves |
Time required for a plant to grow from its beginning until it dies. | Life Cycle |
The parts of a flower that contains one or more ovules where eggs are produced and seeds developed; the ovary becomes a fruit- apples are ripened ovaries. | Monecious |
A class of flowering plants include lilies, grasses, corn, and palms. | Monocot |
Plants with needles or scale-shaped leaves. | Narrowleaf Plant |
Plant with a life cycle of more than two years. | Perennial |
A flower that has both a stamen and a pistil, the two parts involved in fertilization. | PerfectFlower |
Leaf-like colorful parts of a flower. | Petal |
leaf stalk; connecting structure between leaf blade and plant stem. | Petiole |
PLant tissue that transports food made in the leaves to the remainder of the plant, including the root and stem. | Phloem |
Female part of the flower that contains the stigma, style, and ovary. | Pistil |
Produced by the anther in the flower of a plant; contains male sex cells. | Pollen |
The major root of a plant; the first root developed by a seed to anchor the plant and absorb water and nutrients. | Primary Root |
Specialized cells on the tips of the roots that protect them as they grow through the soil. | Root Cap |
Tiny root structures that increase the area for absorbing water. | Root Hair |
Small branches formed on primary roots. | Secondary Root |
Green, leaf-like structures that protect a flower until it opens. | Sepal |
Leaf with a single blade and petiole. | Simple Leaf |
Loosely arranged layers of cells between the palisade layer and mesophyll in a leaf. | Spongy Layer |
Male reproductive parts of a flower made of filaments and anthers to produce pollen. | Stamen |
Sticky part of a flower pistil where pollen is collected. | Stigma |
pores or openings in the leaf that allows the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide , and water vapor. | Stomata |
Neck part of a flower pistil that connects the stigma and the ovary. | Style |
A root system with one thick, main root that grows straight down. | Tap Root System |
Large bud at the tip of a twig. | Terminal Bud |
Movement of water vapor through stomata and out of a plant. | Transpiration |
Layer of cambium between the xylem and phloem. | Vascular Cambium |
Stems of some perennial plants that are not killed by frost and survive from one year to the next, with trees being an example. | Woody |
Plant tissue that transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves. | Xylem |
Tissue in the middle layer of a leaf tha conducts photosynthesis. | Mesophyll |
Plants that have both male and female flowers seperately, such as corn. | Monecious |
A class of flowering plants includes lilies, grasses, corn, and palms. | Monocot |
Plants with tolerance for cold weather. | Hardy |