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AR Plant Sci U4
AR Plant Science Unit 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season | annual |
| a condition created by hormones in the apical meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing | apical dominance |
| a plant that completes its life cycle in two growing seasons | biennial |
| part of plant cell containing green pigment to trap light energy for photosynthesis | chloroplasts |
| seed leaves on an embryo | cotyledon |
| a class of flowering plants where two cotyledon’s are found | dicot |
| a pair of cells that regulate the opening and closing of the stomata | guard cells |
| a plant whose stem has little or no woody tissue; a soft-stem plant | herbaceous |
| the area between two nodes | internode |
| buds located along the sides of stems where the leaves are attached | lateral bud |
| plant part consisting of a stipule, petiole, and blade | leaf |
| large broad part of the leaf | leaf blade |
| a class of flowering plants where two cotyledon’s are found | monocot |
| portion of the stem that is swollen or slightly enlarged that gives rise to buds | node |
| a plant that completes its life cycle in more than two years | perennial |
| the leaf stalk, connecting structure between leaf blade and plant stem | petiole |
| the process by which green plants convert solar energy into stored chemical energy | photosynthesis |
| the plant tissue that transports food made in the leaves down to the roots for storage | phloem |
| an area of biology that deals with processes that occur in living organisms | physiology |
| the process in which plants take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide | respiration |
| the underground part of the plant which stores food and absorbs moisture and minerals from the ground | root |
| the main trunk of a plant | stem |
| an opening or pore in the leaf that allows for the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor (stomata –pl) | stoma |
| the large bud at the tip of a twig | terminal bud |
| the movement of water vapor through a stoma out of a plant | transpiration |
| the plant tissue that transports food, moisture, and nutrients up from the roots | xylem |