Question | Answer |
root that begins growth from the stem of the plant or leaf | adventitious root |
flowering plants that produce seeds to protect in a fruit or pod, such as apples or beans | angiosperms |
plant that completes its life cycle in one year growing season | annual |
part of a flower that produces pollen | anther |
condition created by hormones in the apical mertism that prevents laterall buds from developing | apical dominance |
the primary growing point in the terminal bud | apical meristem |
plant that completes its life cycle in two years or growing seasons | biennial |
plants with wide flat leaves | broadleaf plants |
plant structure that contains undeveloped leaves, stems, and/or flowers | bud |
plant structures that cover and protect undeveloped parts | bud scales |
all of the sepalsof a flower | calyx |
layer of cells where cell division and plant growth occur | cambium |
a flower with four parts: sepals, petls, steman, and pistil | complete flower |
leaf composed of petiole and two or more leaf blades called leaflets | compound leaf |
epidermis cells with a waxy coating that prevents excessive water loss | cuticle |
woody perenial plant that loses its leaves in fall | deciduous |
a class of flowering plants; oaks, cacti, roses, and soybeans | dicot |
plant species with male and female flowers on different plants | dioecious |
protective layer of cells on the outside of the leaves and other organs | epidermis |
plants that keep their leaves year round | evergreen |
root system consisting of numerous slender roots | fibrous root system |
stalk part of the stamen that holds the anther in the flower | filament |
reproductive organ of plant | flower |
pair of cells that regulate the opening and closing of the stomata | guard cells |
plants that have seeds not protected by fruit, such as pine cones | gymnosperm |
plants with tolarence for cold weather | hardy |
soft stems of some perennial plants that are killed by frost | herbaceous |
a flower that lacks a stamen or pistil | imperfect flower |
a flower that lacks any of four parts of a complete flower | incomplete flower |
buds located along the sides of the stems where the leaves are attached | lateral bud |
large broad part of the leaf | leaf blade |
two or more leaf blades | leaflet |
plant organs responsible for food production for the plant | leaves |
time required for a plant to grow from its beginning to until it dies | life cycle |
tissue in the middle layerof the leaf that conducts photosynthesis | mesophyll |
plants that have both male and female flowers separately | monecious |
a class of flowering plants that includes lillies, grasses, corn, and palms | monocot |
plants with needles or scale-shaped leaves | narrowleaf plants |
female plant part with ovules | ovary |
layer of cells below the upper layer of the epidermisin a leaf | palisade layer |
plant with life cycle of more than two years | perenials |
flower with both stamen and pistil | perfect flower |
leaf like colorful parts of flowers | petal |
connects structure between leaf blade and plant stem | petiole |
plant tissue that transports food | phloem |
female part of a flower that contains stigma, style, and ovary | pistil |
contains male sex cells | pollen |
first root that anchors and aborbs nutrients | primary roots |
specialized cells on the tis of the root | root cap |