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biology word wall-plants
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Biology
10th Grade
02/03/2009

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Vascular
Definition
plants that have specialized tissues to transfer materials throughout the plant
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Nonvascular
Definition
Plants that rely on diffusion and osmosis to move materials
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Xylem
Definition
transport H2O and minerals upward
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Phloem
Definition
transports sugar downward
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Monocots
Definition
flower in parts of 3
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Dicots
Definition
Flower in parts of 4 or 5
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Gymnosperms
Definition
non-flowering......(jim doesn't like flowers)
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Angiosperms
Definition
Flowering...(Angie loves flowers)
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Roots
Definition
supply plants with H2O and dissolved minerals from the soil,support and anchor the plant, and store extra food from photsynthesis
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Shoots (stems and leaves)
Definition
support the plant body, transports and stores minerals
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pistil
Definition
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower
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stigma
Definition
the part of a pistil that receives the pollen
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style
Definition
a narrow extension of the pistil
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ovary
Definition
lower enlarged part of the pistil in angiosperms.
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stamen
Definition
pollen bearing organ of the flower. contains filament and anther
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Anther
Definition
pollen bearing part of the stamen
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Filament
Definition
stalk like portion of the stamen
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Petal
Definition
colored leaves of the flower
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Sepal
Definition
one of the individual leaves
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Cuticle
Definition
waxy outer covering of the plant
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epidermis
Definition
outter most layer on the plant
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spongy mesophyll
Definition
lower layer of the tissue. allows gases in and out.
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stomata
Definition
controls the amount of gases getting in and out.
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veins
Definition
helps support the leaf
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Guard cells
Definition
controls the opening and closing of the stomata
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