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Plants
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leaf | site of photosynthesis |
| Root | anchors plants & absorbs water and minerals |
| Stomata | openings in the leaf that allow exchange of gases |
| Transpiration | water loss in a plant through stomata |
| Shoot (Stem) | contains vascular tissue to TRANSPORT water and nutrients throughout plant |
| xylem | a type of vascular tissue that moves water upward from roots to leaves |
| phloem | a type of vascular tissue that moves nutrients and sugar downward from leaves to roots |
| flower | reproductive structure of an angiosperm |
| pistil | female reproductive part of flower |
| stigma | sticky top for pollen grains to land on |
| style | tube for pollen to extend from stigma to ovary |
| ovary | contains ovules and will develop into fruit |
| ovules | female gamete of plant; same as eggs in humans |
| stamen | male reproductive part of plant |
| gamete | sex cell |
| anther | produces the pollen in the plant |
| filament | supports the anther |
| pollen | male gamete of plant; same as sperm in humans |
| tropism | response of a plant to an environmental stimulus |
| phototropism | response to light |
| geotropism/gravitropism | response to gravity |
| thigmotropism | response to touch |