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Plants Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Cuticle | a waxy, protective layer secreted by cell onto the surface of a plant |
Cellulose | a chemical compound that plants make out of sugar |
Vascular Plants | have thread-like structures that carry nutrients and water throughout the plant |
Non-Vascular Plants | do NOT have thread-like tubes and use other ways to carry water and nutrients throughtout the plant |
Rhizoids | thread-like tubes |
Pioneer Species | an organism are the first to grow into a new or disturbed area |
Stomata | a small opening on the surface of a plant, that allow carbon dioxide to enter |
Guard Cell | two cells that help the stomata open and close |
Xylem | tissue that is made up of tubular cells stacked up one on top of the other to form a structure called a vessel |
Phloem | a plant tissue made up of tubular cells that are stacked to form structures called tubes |
Cambium | a tissue that produces most of the new xylem and phloem cells |
Gymnosperms | vascular plants that produce seeds that are not protected by fruit |
Angiosperms | a vascular plant that flowers and produces fruit with one or more seeds |
Monocots | have one cotyledon inside thier seeds |
Dicots | have two cotyledon inside their seeds |