Question | Answer |
phloem | vascular tissue which food moves |
xylem | water and minerals travel through vascular tissue |
pollen | tiny structures that contain cells tat will later become sperm cells |
seed | structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering |
embryo | young plant that develops from the zygote, or fertilized egg |
cotyledons | seed leaves |
germination | embryo begins to go and pushes out of the seed |
root cap | rounded tip of the root that protects the root |
cambium | layer of cells that divided to make more phloem and xylem |
stomata | small openings, or pores on leaves |
transpiration | process by which water evaporates from he leaves |
stamen | male productive part of a flower |
dicot | an angiosperm that has two leaves |
angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective covering |
cone | reproductive structure of a gymnoperm |
cambium | Layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem |
monocot | angiosperm that only has one seed leaf |
pistil | female reproductive part of a flower |
flower | reproductive structure of a angiosperm |
pollination | transfer of pollen from male reproductive structure to female reproductive structures |
sepal | a leaf like structure that encloses the bud of a flower |
fruit | ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds |
gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds not enclosed by a fruit |
ovule | a plant structure in a seed plant that produces the female gametophyte; contains an egg cell |
petal | a colorful leaflike structure of a flower |
ovary | a flower structure that encloses and protects the ovule and seeds as they develop |
tropism | a plants growth response if a plant toward or away from a stimulus |
horomone | a chemical that affects growth and develop |
auxin | a plant horomone that speeds up the rate of growth of plant cells |
photoperiodism | a plant's response to seasonal changes in length of night and day |
short-day plant | a plant that flowers when the nights are longer than the plant's critical night length |
long-day plant | a plant that flowers when the nights are shorter than the plant's critical night lengtj |
critical night length | |
day-neutral plant | |
dormancy | |
annual | |
biennial | |
perennial | |