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AP Biology
Unit 17 Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biennials | carrot, queen anne's lace, cabbage, and foxglove |
| annuals | corn, geranium, and marigold |
| deciduous | they shed their leaves before winter and produce new stems with new leaves the following spring |
| evergreen | shed their leaves over a long period so that some leaves are always present |
| vascular tissue system | responsible for conduction of various substances including water, dissolved |
| polysaccharide | a carbohydrate consisting of many monosaccharide subunits |
| Hemicelluloses | a group of polysaccharides that are more soluble than cellulose |
| Xylem | conducts water and dissolved nutrient minerals from the roots to the stems and leaves and provides structural support |
| blade | the broad flat portion of a leaf |
| petiole | the stalk that attaches the blade to the stem |
| stipules | leaflike outgrowths usually present in pairs at the base of the petole |
| node | the area of the stem where one or more leaves are attached |
| veins | strands of vascular tissue |
| the cuticle consists primarily of a waxy substances called | cutin |
| the epidermis of many leaves is covered with various hairlike structures called | trichomes |
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