| Question | Answer |
| Pollination | The transfer of pollen from a male reproduction structure to a female reproductive structure |
| Guard Cells | Cells that control the opening and closing of stomata |
| Complete flower | Contains both the stamen (male) and pistil (female) parts |
| Epidermis | The skin of the leaf |
| Pistil | The female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consists of an ovary, style, and sigma |
| Midrib | The vein in the center of a leaf |
| Phloem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants |
| Oxidation | Combining oxygen with any substance |
| Clorophyll | Green that gives leaves their color from photosynthesis |
| Petals | Attractive part of the flower |
| Veins | Form the structure framework |
| Style | Tubes that lead to the ovary |
| Stigma | Sticky part on the top to catch pollen |
| Anther | Pollen producing structure located at the tip of a flower's stamen male sex cell
Petiole |
| The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Petiole |
| Stamen | The pollen producing male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an anther and filament |
| Dicot | Two cotyledons or seed leaves |
| Tap Root | Primary root found in some plants that grows longer and thicker than other roots |
| Margins | Outside of the leaf |
| Roots | Anchor, absorb water and mineral, store, reproduce |
| Node | Point on a stem where a leaf is attached |
| Internode | A segment of a stem between two nodes |
| Vascular bundles | Plant stem structure that contains xylem and phloem tissue |
| Cotyledon | First leaf or first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant |
| Transpiration | Loss of water from a plant through its leaves |
| Respiration | Consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide |
| Terminal bud | Found at the very tip of the plant |
| Photosynthesis | Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars |
| Incomplete flower | Sepals, pistil, and stamen are present, missing are the petals |
| Xylem | Vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant |
| List 5 parts of the external leaf structure | Petiole, blade, veins, midrib, margins |
| List the 3 forms that food is stored | Sugar, starch, protein |
| List the 2 main functions of the stem | Move water and minerals, support the leaves and reproduction structures |
| List 4 main parts of a complete flower | Sepal, petals, stamens, pistil |
| List the 2 most important things humans receive from plants | Oxygen, food |
| List 3 main things xylem does | Supports the plant, carried water and minerals up |
| Function of chloroplast | Make food |
| What does a fertilizes egg from the ovary grow into? | Fruit or seed |
| Seedling | A young plant |
| Egg | Female element of sexual form of propagation |
| Tissue culture | Method for reproducing plants using terminal bud tissue |
| Flat | box with slotted bottom used to start seedlings |
| Endosperm | Part of the inside of a plant that is the seed's food sources |
| Seed coat | The outer covering of a seed |
| Enhanced | Improve the product |
| Hybrid | Offspring of 2 different varieties of plants |
| Pollen | Male sex cells |
| Cotyledons | First leaves to appear on a plant, the seed leaves |
| Hardening off | Gradually subjecting plants to more difficult growing conditions by withholding water and decreasing temperature: prepares plats for transplanting |
| Propagation | Increasing the number |
| Embryo | New plant |
| Come true to seed | When plants reproduce exact duplicates of themselves |
| Vermiculite | Expanded mica |
| Jiffy mix | Equal parts shredded sphagnum moss peat, fine grade vermiculite |
| Sphagnum | Sterile and light weight, controls disease well |
| Peat moss | Partially decomposed vegetation that has preserved under water |
| Perlite | A white granular material used to help loosen or open up spaces in rooting media for aeration |
| Sand | More porous, more drainage |
| Soil | 1/3 clay, 1/2 silt, 1/3 sand |
| List and define the three basic parts of a seed | Seed coat-outside covering, endosperm-food storage, embryo-new plant |
| Best temperature for germinating seed | 65 to70 degrees |
| Why harden off plants? | Prepare plant for transplanting, prepare the plant for move outside |
| Layering | Asexual reproduction in which roots developed on the stem of a plant while still attached to the parent plant |
| What modern development has greatly increased the success rate of air layering | Polyethylene film |
| Lists six types of layering | air, trench, stool, compound tip, simple |
| Girdle | completely removing bark and cambium |
| Two functions of the landscaping industry | Improve our natural environment, meet the needs and desires of the homeowner |
| List 3 major professions in the landscaping industry | Landscape architect, landscape designer, landscape contractor |
| Landscape architect | Highly educated 4-5 years in art and science courses |
| Landscape designer | Highly educated graphic artist |
| Landscape contractor | Installs landscaping |
| Objectives of residential landscaping | Serve the needs and desires of the homeowner, determine the capabilities of the site |
| Two subjects areas integrated to make landscaping | Art and science |
| Five basic principles of landscaping | Simplicity, balance, focalization of interest rhythm and line, scale and proportion |
| Simplicity | fewer different objects there are the simpler the design |
| Balance | Visual weight between left and right symmetry, can be symmetrical or asymmetrical |
| Focalization of interest | One feature in the landscaping is more important, use line an rhythm to guide the eye to one important item in the landscape |
| Rhythm and line | Over all unity |
| Scale and proportion | All elements in proportion |
| Formula to calculate cubic feet | Length in feet times width in feet times depth in feet divided by the number of cubic feet/ cubic yards
# ft. X # width X depth / # of cubic feet |
| Xeriscape | Dry landscaping: used to conserve water |
| Acer | Maple |
| Family | Similar flower structures |
| Pelargonium | Geranium |
| Genera | Plural of genus |
| Betula | Birch |
| Papaver | Poppy |
| Chrysanthemum | Mum |
| Field Capacity | Water left after capillary movement stops, |
| Most important type of water for plants | Field Capacity |
| What is the pH scale? | An indicator that tells if the soil is acidic or alkaline |
| What do the number mean on the pH scale? | When the number is below 7, the soil is acidic; when the number is above 7, the soil is alkaline; when the number is at 7, the soil is neutral |
| Which part of the plant visually indicates that the plant is suffering a nutritional deficiency? | The leaves |
