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| Anchor plant in soil, absorb minerals and water, store food |
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| Aboveground part consisting of stems, leaves, and possibly flowers |
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| A thin mat of spread-out roots |
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| Near tips of roots, increase surface area |
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| Holds aboveground vascular system and supports leaves and flowers |
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| Points where leaves are attached |
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| Stem segments between leaves |
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| Forms branches in between each leaf and stem |
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| Bud at tip of young shoots where growth is very concentrated |
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| Terminal buds inhibit the growth of axillary buds |
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| Main photosynthetic organs of plants |
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| Stalk that joins leaf to a node on the stem |
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| Blade of leaf is divided into several leaflets |
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| (epidermis) A single top layer of cells that acts like the "skin" on plants |
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| Involved in the transport of materials throughout the plant. Includes xylem and phloem |
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| Vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals upwards into the plant from the roots |
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| Transports food from leaves to rest of plant |
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| Facilitate movement of fluid from cell to cell |
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| Primary walls are thin and felxible, have no secondary walls, and has a large central vacuole (typical plant cells). |
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| Openings in cell walls that allow movement of materials between plant cells |
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| Primary walls are of uneven thickness, provide support without inhibiting growth |
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| Dead at functional maturity, have lignin for support of plant, very rigid |
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| Embryonic tissue in plants capable of indeterminate growth |
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| For primary growth (lengthening) at tips of roots and shoots |
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| Dividing cells along the plant that grow outward (secondary growth) |
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| Vasular tissues that run along length of stems |
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| Gives rise to the epidermal layer |
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| Gives rise to vascular tissue |
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| Gives rise to ground tissue whcih stores food and absorb minerals from the soil |
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| Where gas exchage takes place |
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| Produces secondary xylem and phloem |
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| Produces thick covering to replace epidermis |
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| A plant cell when it is not firm |
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| When a plant cell shrinks and pulls away from its wall |
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| When a cell pushes against the cell wall |
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| Membrane that surrounds central vacuole and regulates movement between cytoplasm and vacuole |
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| Symbiotic relationship between fungi and rots of plants |
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| Waxy material in endodermic cells that is impervious to waterand dissolved minerals |
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| Loss of water through stomata |
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| Transport of food through the plant |
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| Required for function of plant |
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| Mixture of soil in the A horizon made of rock, living organisms and humus |
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| Partially decayed organic material |
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| Plants extract toxins from soil |
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| Root swellings containing nitrogen fixing bacteria |
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| Attract pollinators to flowers |
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| Site of flower attachment |
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| Female reproductive organ |
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| Has both stamens and carpels |
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| Has only one of either stamens or carpels |
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| Plant rejects its own pollen |
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| Union of two sperm cells with different nuclei in the embryo sac |
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| Asexual production of seeds |
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| Plant response to gravity |
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| Plant response to pressure |
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| Plant responseto external stimuli |
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