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Exploring Creation with Biology by Wile
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Biology
12th Grade
04/20/2009

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Botany
Definition
The study of plants
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Perennial plants
Definition
Plants that grow year after year
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Annual plants
Definition
Plants that live for only one year
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Biennial plants
Definition
Plants that live for two years
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Vegetative organs
Definition
The parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction
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Reproductive plant organs
Definition
The parts of a plant (such as flowers, fruits, and seeds) involved in reproduction
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Undifferentiated cells
Definition
Cells that have not specialized in any particular function
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Xylem
Definition
Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves
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Phloem
Definition
Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant
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Leaf mosaic
Definition
The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant
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Deciduous plant
Definition
A plant that loses its leaves for winter
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Girdling
Definition
The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk
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Alternation of generations
Definition
A life cycle in which there is both a muticellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form
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Dominant generation
Definition
In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle
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Pollen
Definition
A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants
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Cotyledon
Definition
A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant
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Leaf margin
Definition
The characteristics of the leaf edge
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