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Apologia Bio 14
Apologia Biology Module 14
Question | Answer |
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Botany | The study of plants. |
Perennial plants | Plants that grow year after year. |
Annual plants | Plants that live for only one year. |
Biennial plants | Plants that live for only two years. |
Vegetative organs | The parts of a plant(such as stems, roots, and leaves)that are not involved in repoduction. |
Reproductive plant organs | The parts of a plant(such as flowers, fruits, and seeds)involved in reproduction. |
Undifferentaited cells | Cells that have not specialized in any particular function. |
Xylem | Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves. |
Phloem | Living vascular tissue that caries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant. |
Leaf mosaic | The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant. |
Leaf margin | The characteristics of the leaf edge. |
Deciduous plant | A plant that loses its leaves for winter. |
Girdling | The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk. |
Alternation of generations | A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form. |
Dominant generation | In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle. |
Pollen | A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants. |
Cotyledon | A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed - it provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant. |