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Bio-11 Plants
Biology 11 Plants Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, by which a species or individual improves its condition in relationship to its environment | Adaptation |
| The regular alternation of forms or of mode of reproduction in the life cycle of an Organism, such as the alternation between diploid and haploid phases, or between sexual and asexual reproductive cycles | Alteration of Generations |
| Having become established in a community in a new environment | Colonial |
| A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination | Dicots |
| Mature ovule that contains a sporophyte embryo with stored food enclosed by a protective coat | Seed |
| Reproductive organ of plants that contains the structures for the production of pollen grains and covered seeds | Flowers |
| In flowering plants, the structure that forms from an ovary and associated tissues and encloses seeds | Fruit |
| A flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and bladelike, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. | Leaf |
| a flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside. | Monocots |
| consisting of many cells | Multicellular |
| the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses. | Pollen |
| a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. | Roots |
| the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis. | Stems |
| having or consisting of a single cell. | Unicellular |
| plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant. | Vascular Tissue |