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Module 11A/B -Plants

First & second half module 11 - plant diversity and reproduction

TermDefinition
Botany the study of plants
Alternation of Generations a life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form
Diploid Cell a cell with chromosomes that come in homologous pairs or two sets of chromosomes
Haploid Cell a cell that has only one representative of each chromosome pair or half the total number of chromosomes
Meiosis the process by which. diploid (2n) cell forms gametes (n)
Mitosis a process of asexual reproduction in eukaryotic cells
Gametes haploid cells (n) produced by diploid cells (2n) for the purpose of sexual reproduction
Vascular tissue a system of tube-shaped cells branching throughout a plant that transports materials between roots and shoots
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 seed-producing plants
Cotyledon a "seed leaf" that develops as prat of the seed; it provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant
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
Bryophytes plants without vascular tissue
Tracheophytes plants with vascular tissue; AKA vascular plants
Perfect flowers flowers with both stamens and carpels
Imperfect flowers flowers with either stamens or carpels, but not both
Pollination the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the carpel in flowering plants
Double fertilization a fertilization process that requires two sperm to fuse with two other cells
Seed an ovule with a protective coating, encasing a mature plant embryo and a nutrient soure
Fruit a mature ovary that contains a seed or seeds
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