Question | Answer |
root that begins growth from the stem of a plant or a leaf. | Advantitious Root |
flowering plants that produce seed protected in a fruit or pod, 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 meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing. | Apical Dominance |
the primary growing point in the theminal bud. | Apical Meristem |
plant that completes its life cycle in two years or growing seasons. | Biennial |
plants with wife, flat leaves. | Broadleaf Plant |
plant structure that contains undeveloped leaves, stems, and/or flowers. | Buds |
plant structures that cover and protect undeveloped partts. | Bud Scale |
all of the sepals of a flower. | Calyx |
layer of cells where cell devision and plant growth occur. | Cambium |
a flower with four parts: sepals, petals, stamens, andpistals. | 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. | Cutical |
woody perennial plant that loses its leaves in the fall. | Deciduous |
a class of flowering plants; oaks, cati, roses, and soy beans are examples. | Dicot |
plant species with male and female flowers on different plants. | Dioecious |
protective layer of cells on the outside of leaves and other organs. | Epidermis |
plants that keep their leaves year round. | Evergreen |
root system consiting of numerous slender roots. | Fibrous Root System |
stalk part of the stamen that holds the anther 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 pine cones. | 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 |
a flower that lacks any one of the four parts of a complete flower. | Incomplete Flower |
buds located along the sides of a stems where the leaves are attached. | Lateral Bud |
large broard part of a leaf. | Leaf Blade |
two or more leaf blades. | Leaflet |
plant organs responsiable for food production for the plant. | Leaves |
time required for a plant to grow from its beginning until it dies. | Life Cycle |
tissue in the middle layer of a leaf that conducts photosynthesis. | Mesophyll |
plants that have both male and female flowers separtely, such as corn. | Monecious |
a class of flowering plants includes lilies, grasses, corn, and palms. | Monocot |
plants with needles or scale-shaped leaves. | Narrowleaf Plant |
the part of a flower that contains one or more ovuels where eggs are produced and seeds develope; the ovary becomes a fruit- apples are ripened ovaries. | Ovary |
layer of cells below the upper epidermis in a leaf. | Palisade Layer |
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. | Perfect Flower |
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 roots and stems. | 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 plant cells. | Pollen |
the major root of a plant; the first root developed by a seed to anchore the plant and absorb water nutrients. | Primary root |
specialized cells on the tips of roots that protect them as they grow throuh 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 layer of cells between the palisade layer and mesophyll in a leaf. | Spongy Layer |
male reproductive parts of a flower made of filoments and anthers to produce pollen. | Stamen |
sticky part of a flower pistil where pollen is collected. | Stigma |
pores or openings in the leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. | Stomata |
nect 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 stomatab 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 nurients from the roots to the leaves. | Xylem |