Details Title: plant vocab Description: plant terms Total Flash Cards: 58 Created: 03/24/2009 14:25:09		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Plant Sciences Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term conifer Definition cone bearing plant Term woody stem Definition stem made of wood Term herbaceous stem Definition green soft stem Term angiosperm Definition flowering, seeded plant Term annuals Definition angiosperms that complete a life cycle in one growing season Term anther Definition part of the stamen where pollen is produced Term bark Definition outermost layer of a woody stem Term bienninals Definition angiosperms that complete their life cycle in 2 years Term chlorophyll Definition in chloroplasts; traps suns energy for photosynthesis Term chloroplasts Definition site of photosynthesis Term cone Definition gymnosperms reproductive structure Term cotyledon Definition seed leaves Term cuticle Definition waxy layer that covers the leaves of a plant to reduce water loss Term deciduous tree Definition sheds its leaves and grows new ones Term dicot Definition angiosperms with 2 cotyledons Term embryo Definition young plant from the zygote Term evergreen Definition tree that doesnt lose leaves or change color (conifer) Term fibrous root Definition roots of the same size that form a dense tangled mass Term flower Definition reproductive system of an angiosperm Term frond Definition leaves of a fern Term fruit Definition ripened ovary Term germination Definition when the embryo pushes out of the seed Term gymnosperm Definition plant that produces naked seeds Term herbaceous Definition soft stems that contain no wood Term leaf Definition capture suns energy and carry out photosynthesis Term monocot Definition angiosperms with one seed leaf Term phloem Definition vascular tissue for food Term pistil Definition female parts in a flower Term pollen Definition contain cells that become sperm cells Term ovule Definition hollow structure at the base of a flower Term ovary Definition structure that contains an egg cell Term perennials Definition plants with flowers that live for more than 2 years Term photosynthesis Definition sunpowered way of making food Term root Definition anchor plants to the ground, absorb water and minerals from the soil Term root cap Definition protects root from rocks and other things in the soil Term root hair Definition enter spaces between soil and particles to absorb water and minerals Term seed Definition contains a young plant in a protective covering Term sepal Definition leaflike structures that enclose a flower while its still a bud Term spore Definition cells that grow into tiny organisms Term stamen Definition male reproductive parts in a flower Term stem Definition supports plant, carries substances between the roots and leaves Term stomata Definition tiny pores on a leaf that let in co2 and let out o2 and water vapor Term taproot Definition one long thick root Term vascular tissue Definition a system of tubes in a plant through which water, minerals, and food move Term xylem Definition vascular tissue for water and minerals Term zygote Definition fertilized egg Term vascular Definition plants with vascular tissue Term non-vascular Definition lack vascular tissue Term rhizoid Definition rootlike structures that anchor the moss and absorb water and nutrients Term sporophyte Definition stage where plant produces new spores that grow into new organisms Term gametophyte Definition stage where plant produces sex cells Term cambium Definition cells that divide to produce new phloem and xylem Term transpiration Definition when water evaporates from a plants leaves Term monocot roots Definition have ring shaped xylem and phloem Term dicot roots Definition star or cross shaped xylem and phloem Term dicot stem Definition vascular bundles are big and for a ring on the outside xylem is bigger than phloem Term monocot stem Definition vascular bundles form a ring and are small xylem is bigger than phloem Term leafs Definition co2 goes in through the stomata and is stored in the spaces between the spongy tissue (spongy cells)