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Book A- KT- Ch 4&5
Midterm Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hydroponics | a method by which plants are grown in solutions of nutrients instead of soil |
| cone | the reproductive structure in gymnosperms |
| fruit | a ripened ovary that encloses one or more seeds |
| tropism | a plant's growth response |
| xylem | vascular tissue through which water and minerals travel |
| cotyledon | seed leaf in which food is stored |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from a male structure to a female structure |
| monocot | angiosperms with only one seed leaf |
| pistil | the female part of the flower |
| cambium | layer of cells that divide to produce new phloem and xylem |
| sporophyte | stage in which plant produces spores |
| frond | fern leaf |
| tissue | group of cells that has a specific job |
| crizoid | rootlike structure that anchors moss |
| bog | type of wetland |
| vacuole | saclike storage area in a plant cell |
| gametophyte | stage in which plant produces sex cells |
| peat | layer of dead mosses compressed at the bottom of a bog |
| nonvascular | mosses and liverworts are _______ plants |
| chlorophyll | green pigment |