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| A thin root like structure |
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| The plant tissue characterized by long hollow cells (mini straws) that carry water. |
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| A plant tissue that carries dissolved food in a plant |
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| A tissue that serves as a protective covering layer. The outermost tissue. |
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| One of the type of cells found in bark. Made of dead cells with thick cell walls. |
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| way that the xylem and phloem are arranged (veins of leaves) |
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| A plant which has tissues which carries water and materials; has vascular tissue |
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| A plant which lacks tissues that carry water and other materials; does not have vascular tissue. |
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| A plant which produces flowers (and thus fruit and seed) |
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| A plant which produces seeds that are not fully covered or shielded from the environment (pine, spruce, etc) |
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| What are plant cell walls made of? |
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| Living organisms with cell walls containing cellulose |
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| The flat green part of a leaf |
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| What is a leaf blade called that looks like it has several individual leaves? |
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| Water and sugar conducting tissues |
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| What is the part of the leaf called that is between the node and the blade? |
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| Most plants have 3 types of organs: |
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| What is the region called where a leaf is or was attached to a stem? |
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| What is a tap root system? |
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| One or a few main roots that are thicker and longer than the other roots of the plant (carrots, dandelions) |
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| What are smaller roots that come off the main root called? |
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| What is a fibrous root system? |
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| A cluster of roots that are equal in size. (grass) |
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| Three ways a leaf can be attached to stem: |
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Alternate - one leaf @ a node
Opposite - 2 leaves @ a node
Whorled - 3 or more leaves @ a node |
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| Softer more flexible; green plant stems |
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| The release of water from leaves through stomata. |
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| Dead xylem cells that contain tars or resin |
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| Part of the xylem that carries water |
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| The more plantlike organisms in Kingdom Protista; usually can perform photosynthesis; unable to move themselves. |
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| Produced by bacteria; antibiotic |
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| A unicellular organism which lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles; classified in Kingdom Monera. |
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| Do not have true stems, roots, or leaves. Lack chlorophyll; cannot make their own food. Kingdom Fungi |
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| In the Kingdom Fungi; Reproduce by spores; Do not have chlorophyll; a decomposer |
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| A living thing composed entirely of one cell. |
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| The more animal-like organisms in Kingdom Protista; usually can move and capture prey. |
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Very tiny organisms; A decomposer;
Reproduce by fission; can make us sick; Kingdom Monera; |
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| An organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns this material to the soil. |
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| What do you call organisms that lack a nucleus and many other membrane-bound organelles? |
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| What are the 3 basic shapes of bacteria? |
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Coccus - sphere-shaped
Bacillus - rod-shaped
Spirillum- spiral shaped |
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| bacteria that is arranged in a cluster |
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| bacteria that is arranged end-to-end in long chains |
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| What are the parts of a mushroom? |
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Stalk
Cap
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Spores
Hyphae |
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| Fungal cells that are long filaments |
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| What are leaves called that have veins which branch away from the base of the leaf? |
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| What are leaves called that are parallel to each other? |
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| What are leaves called with one main vein extending the length of the leaf with smaller veins branching away from it along the entire length? |
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| plant reproduction that does not involve gametes |
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| Three types of asexual reproduction |
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plant forms runners
plant forms root sprouts
with the help of human (root and leaf cuttings) |
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| 5 steps of sexual reproduction in plants: |
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Pollen
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ovary
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embryo plant/seed |
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| the process of transferring pollen from an anther to a stigma |
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| What happens when the proper pollen reaches the stigma of a plant? |
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| the pollen grows a pollen tube through the stigma and onto the ovary of the flower |
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| What is inside the ovary of a flower? |
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| What do the ovules contain? |
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| the eggs (female gametes) of the plant |
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| What does fertilization of the pollen tube and the ovule produce? |
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| After the ovule is fertilized, what does the ovule turn into? |
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