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9. plant science defintions

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TRANSPIRATION   the loss of water vapour from the leaves and stems of plants  
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XEROPHYTES   plants that are adapted to grow in very dry habitats  
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CAM PHYSIOLOGY   allows the opening of the stomata during the nights instead of hot days  
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TRANSPIRATION STREAM   the column of water connecting the roots, stem, leaves and air spaces  
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TRANSPIRATION PULL   the low pressure or suction caused inside xylem tubes  
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ACTIVE TRANSLOCATION   the movement of sugars and amino acids inside phloem tissue  
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SOURCES   parts of plants where photosynthesis occurs: stems and leaves  
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SINK   parts of plant that take photosynthetic products: roots, growing fruits and the developing seeds  
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FLOWER   structures used by flowering plants for sexual reproduction  
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ZYGOTE   the fusion of a male gamete with the female gamete inside the ovule  
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FERTILIZATION   the process of formation of a zygote  
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POLLINATION   the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma  
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MERISTEMS   regions where plants continue to grow, often throughout their life  
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AUXIN   a plant hormone, which acts as a growth promoter  
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PHOTOTROPISM   directional growth in response to the source of light  
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ANGIOSPERMS   flowering plants  
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MYCHORRHIZA   mutualistic relationship between roots and fungi  
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TURGOR PRESSURE   the pressure from cells when they become rigid and press on adjacent cells from having vacuoles filled with water  
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COHESION-TENSION THEORY   explains the movement of water in the xylem tension: negative pressure from the loss of water vapour cohesion: the forces of attraction between water molecules due to hydrogen bonding  
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TRANSLOCATION   the movement of organic molecules through the phloem tissue of plants  
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CROSS POLLINATION   when pollen travelles from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another plant  
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SELF POLLINATION   if pollen in deposited in the stigma of the same plant that produced it  
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TESTA   the hard protective seed coat  
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MICROPYLE   a pore in the testa through which water is absorbed  
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IMBIBITION   the process through which water enters the seed  
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ALEURONE LAYER   the cells which gibberellin simulates the synthesis of amylase  
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ENDOSPERM   food store where the amylase hyrodlyses starch molecules  
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RADICLE   embryo root  
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PLUMULE   embryo shoot  
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PHOTOPERIODISM   the plants responses to the relative periods of darkness and light  
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PHOTOCROME   the pigment in the leaf which causes the plants response to periods of darkness  
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