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Aplogia Botany
Chapter 7 Vocabulary Exploring Creation with Botany
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Root Hairs | Do most of the absorbing of water and nutrients |
| Transplant Shock | When too many root hairs are destroyed in the process of moving a plant to a new location and the plant dies. |
| Roots | The plants' little water pipes that carry nutrients and water from the soil and hold the plant in place like an anchor. |
| Erosion | Rain and wind washing away soil |
| Geotropism | A sense that the plant has to know which way to grow. The roots are always turning toward the earth in the direction of gravity. |
| Taproot | One thick root growing down from the plant's stem. Carrots and turnips are taproots that we eat. Dicots |
| Fibrous Root | Made up of a series of roots growing in many directions. Usually wider than it is deep. Monocots |
| Bulbs | A special type of seed that is an underground storage house made of leaves and a short stem. Can be pulled up and stored to plant later. |
| Geophytes | "earth-plant". The entire plant is under the earth. bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes. |
| Rhizomes | Grow horizontally and the roots grow from the corms. Potatoes, ginger, crocus. |
| Clones | Something grown from the same DNA as it's parent. |
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