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module #14
the vocabulary for module #14
Question | Answer |
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Botany. | The study of plants. |
Perennial plants. | Plants that grow year after year. |
Annual plants. | plants that live for only one year. |
Biennial plants. | plants that live for two years. |
Vegetative organs. | The parts of a plant(such as stems,roots,and leaves)that are not involved in reproduction. |
Reoproductive plant organs. | The parts of a plant (such as flowers,fruits,and seeds)involved in reproduction. |
undifferentiated cells. | Cells that have not specialized in any particular funtion. |
Xylem. | Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves. |
Phloem. | living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant. |
Leaf mosaic. | The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant. |
Leaf margin. | The characteristics of the leaf edge. |
Deciduous plant. | A plant that loses its leaves for winter. |
Girdling. | The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk. |
Alternation of generations. | A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form. |
Dominant generation. | In alternation of generations,the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle. |
Pollen. | A fine dust that contains the sperm of of seed-producing plants. |
Cotyledon. | A "seed leaf" which develops as a first part of the seed-it provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant. |