Question | Answer |
Root that begins growth from the stem of the plant to the leaf. | adventitous 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 |
Condition created by hormones in the apical meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing. | apical dominance |
The primary growing 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 protext undeveloped parts. | bud scale |
All of the sepals of a flower. | calyx |
Layer of cells where cell division and plant growth occur. | 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 |
Woods perennial plant that loses its leaves in fall. | deciduous |
A class of flowering plants; oaks, cacti, roses, and soybeans 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 consisting of numerous slender roots. | fibrous root system |
Stalk part of thestamen that holds the anther in a flower. | filament |
Reproductie organ in 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 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 stems where leaves are attached. | lateral bud |
Large broad part of a leaf. | leaf blade |
Two or more leaf blades. | leaflet |
Plant organs responsible 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 later of a lead that 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 needles or scale-shaped leaves. | narrowleaf plant |
The part of a flower that contains one or more ovules where eggs are produced and seeds develop; 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 involoved 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 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 roots that protect them as they grow through the soil. | root cap |
tiny root structures that increase the area fir 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 pertiole. | simple leaf |
loosely arranged layer of cells between the paliscade layer and mesophyll in a leaf. | spongy layer |
male reproductive parts of a flower made of filaments and anthers to produce pollen. | stamen |
sicky part of a flower pistil where pollen is collected. | stigma |
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 flower. | transpiration |
layer of cambium between the xylem and phleom. | 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 |