Chapter 12 Definition | Chapter 12 Vocab |
Region where a leaf is or was attached to a plant | Node |
Example of a taproot system | Carrot |
The stalk supporting a dandelion flower would be a | Herbaceous stem |
Water conducting tissues in leaves; May be parallel or branching in patterns | Veins |
How many diferrent patterns are there for leaves to be arranged along a stem | 3 |
Plant's cell walls are mainly made of a material called | (blank) |
Is caused by the presence of water; keeps cells stiff | Turgor pressure |
Mainly carries water through a plant | Xylem |
Conducts a sugar solution | Phloem |
Outermost layer of cells on a leaf | Epidermis |
Mosses are attached to the by these rootlike structures | Rhizoids |
Are all nonvasular plants | Mosses, Hornworts, Liverworts |
Leaves of ferns | Fronds |
Ferns reproduce by | releasing spores |
Conifer or cone-bearing tree belongs to this group | Gymnosperm |
not a characteristic of all plants | green color |
not a plant organ | cellulose |
Root system of grass | Fibrous |
Two leaves attached to a node | opposite leaf arrangement |
Annual growth ring made of | xylem, springwood, summerwood |
Nonvascular plants do not contain | xylem or phloem |
Two main groups of seed plants | Gymnosperms & Angiosperms |
Angiosperms produce | Fruit |
What is the minimum number of leaflet a leaf must have to be a compound leaf? | 2 |
Component of plant cell walls | cellulose |
a chloroplast | plastid |
a collection of xylem | wood |
arrangement of xylem & phloem in leaves & nonwoody plants | vascular bundles |
type of cell that can be used to make rope or cloth | fiber |
waxy substance secreted by the epidermis | Cuticle |
region to the outside of the xylem in a tree trunk | bark |
Produced by the cork cambium | Cork |
Terms for plants that have water-conducting tissue | Vascular |
Rootlike anchoring structure of mosses | Rhizoid |
The plant group that contains true mosses | Bryophytes |
Another nonvascular plant besides the mosses and liverworts | Hornwort |
A fern leaf | Frond |
An immature, coiled fern leaf also known as a fiddlehead | Crosier |
A plant which has silica in its cell walls | Horsetail |
The plant group having seeds that are not completely covered | Gymnosperms |
The plant group known as flowering plants | Angiosperms |
Are leaves organs? | Yes |
Are herbaceous stems fixed or flexible? | flexible |
Do ferns require water for their reproduction? | Yes |
The structure that attaches the leaf blade to the node | Petiole |