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02/02/2010

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Gymnosperm
Definition
Naked seed on the outside in a cone
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Angioperms
Definition
Seed hidden in a flower
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Shoot System
Definition
Above ground contains 5 parts: Leaves, ystems, Flowers, Fruits, and Root System
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Leaves
Definition
Photosynthesis
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Stems
Definition
support and conduct food and water
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Flowers
Definition
Produce Seeds
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Fruits
Definition
Disperse seeds
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3 types of Plant Tissue
Definition
Ground Tissues, Vascular Tissues, Dermal Tissues
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Ground Tissues
Definition
bulk of plant (almost all of it)
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Parenchyma
Definition
Thin Walled, Big Cells, Soft
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Collenchyma
Definition
thicker walled, little rigid
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Schlerenchyma
Definition
very thick walled and rigid
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Schlerids and Fibers
Definition
Parts of Ground Tissue
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Vascular Tissue
Definition
Conduct food + water
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Xylem
Definition
Conducts water up (vascular tissue)
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Tracheids, Vessel Members, Sieve Tubes, Companion Cells
Definition
Types of cell in vascular tissue
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Phloem
Definition
Conducts food up or down(vascular tissue)
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Dermal Tissues
Definition
Cover and Protect
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Epidermis (dermal tissue)
Definition
Outside the bark
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Periderm
Definition
Underneath cork tree bark
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Meristem
Definition
Any kind of tissues that is actively dividing
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Apical (Meristem)
Definition
At the end of root tip, Primary Growth
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Lateral (Meristem)
Definition
growth towards side seconday growth
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Cotyledons
Definition
Seed Leaves
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Monocot
Definition
1 Seed Leaf
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Monocot Flowers
Definition
Flower parts in threes or multiples of threes
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Monocot Leaf Veins
Definition
Run Parallel with one another
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Monocot Pollen grains
Definition
Pollen grains with one pore or furrow
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Monocot Vascular Bundles
Definition
Bundles throughout scattered around ground tissue
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Dicot
Definition
2 Seed Leaves
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Dicot Flowers
Definition
Flower parts in fours or fives or multiples of fours or fives
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Dicot Leaf Veins
Definition
Leaf veins are in netlike array
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Dicot Pollen Grains
Definition
Pollen grains with three pores or furrows
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Dicot Vascular Bundles
Definition
Vascular bundles organized in rings on the outside
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Venation
Definition
Vein Pattern
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Parallel (Venation)
Definition
same direct veins in parallel
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Pinate (Venation)
Definition
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Palmate (Venation)
Definition
\ / Spread out from a single point
\./ Like the palm and fingers of a hand.
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Vascular Bundles
Definition
a grouping of xylem and phloem
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Primary Growth
Definition
Vertical Growth
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Secondary Growth
Definition
Wider, Horizontal
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Simple Leaves
Definition
1 Blade
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Compound Leaves
Definition
many leaflets
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Petiole
Definition
Stalk, holds leaf to stem
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Sheath
Definition
leaf wraps around the stem
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Taproot
Definition
Big, Thick, and goes deep (OAK TREE)
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Fibrous Root
Definition
Thin, and goes shallow (GRASSES)
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Vascular Column
Definition
Vascular bundle in the root
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Woody
Definition
Wide, Secondary Growth, Tree Trunk
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Herbacious (non-woody)
Definition
Thin, Flexible (green tulip)
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Life Cycle Terms
Definition
Annual, Biennials, Perennials
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Annuals
Definition
Entire life cycle in 1 year (Growth, Reproduce, Death)
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Perennials
Definition
Keep coming back (azalea bush)
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Biennials
Definition
2 year life cycle (Strawberries)
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Sapwood
Definition
Light Wood, Sappy and Sticky
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Heartwood
Definition
Dark, Center of tree trunk
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Annual Rings
Definition
Can tell age of tree, and evironment conditions 2 types (Early wood and Late Wood)
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Early Wood
Definition
Spring, Thin Ring, Dark (Annual Rings)
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Late Wood
Definition
Summer, Wide Ring (Annual Rings)
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Essential Elements for Plant Growth
Definition
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oygen (used in photosynthesis)
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Macronutrients
Definition
Needs relatively large amounts (3 Major Ones)
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3 Major Macronutrients
Definition
Nitrogen, Phosporus, and Potassium
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Micronutrients or trace elements
Definition
Needs relatively small amounts (There are 7 examples)
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Examples of Micronutrients
Definition
Chlorine, Iron, Boron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
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Symbiosis
Definition
Two organisms coexisting at the same time (mutualism)
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Mutualism
Definition
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefits (ex. Root Nodules, Nitrogen fixing bacteria, and Mycorrhizae)
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Root Nodules
Definition
Nitrogen fixing bacteria provide nitrogen for plant (Mutualism)
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Mycorrhizae
Definition
Fungus living on roots to get Nitrogen (Mutualism)
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Transpirtion
Definition
Transporting water, evaporation of water at the top of the plant
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Cohesion-tension theory of water transport
Definition
Water molecules stick together helps it move up / Osmosis->Cohension->Transpiration
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Traanslocation
Definition
movement of food
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Pressure-Flow Theory
Definition
Concentration gradients move from high to low through diffusion.
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Source
Definition
High Concentration where its made called loading
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Sink
Definition
Storage(phloem) called Unloading
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Sporophyte
Definition
Spores,Diploid full sets of chromosomes (part of the life cycle for flowering plants)
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Gametoph)te
Definition
Makes gametes, Haplod, Half number of chromosomes (Part of flowering plants life cycle) Relates to Meosis which is half
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Microspores
Definition
Make pollen
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Megaspores
Definition
Female egg
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Pollination
Definition
process of getting pollen and from one flower to another
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Examples of Pollinators
Definition
Wind, Bees, Birds, Gravity
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Endosperm
Definition
Name of food inside seed, feeds the inside embryo
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Seed
Definition
hard coating, protects the embryo, houses the embryo
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Asexual Reproduction
Definition
No combinations of genetics(Bulbs, runners)
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Germination
Definition
Sprouting of seed, tiny plant
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Imbibition
Definition
Drink, absorb water, helps burst the seed
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Plant Hormones
Definition
Growth promotes vs inhibitores
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Stimulators
Definition
Gibberellins, Auxins, Ethylene
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Inhibitors
Definition
Cytokins
Term
Tropisms
Definition
Plant growth in response of the environment Ex. (Phototropism, Gravito, Thigmotropism, Chemotropism, Mechanical Stress)
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Phototropism
Definition
Light (Tropisms)
Term
Gravito or Geotropism (Tropism)
Definition
Earth's gravity
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Thigmotropism (Tropisms)
Definition
Object (Stake)
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Chemotropism (Tropisms)
Definition
Chemical
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Mechanical Stress
Definition
Heavily winds, Rain, Hail, Deer, Tractor
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Positive movement through tropism
Definition
Growth Toward (Ex. Stem and Photogenic)
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Negative movement through tropisms
Definition
Away from. Root away from photogenics
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Nastic Movements
Definition
Growth Movements (Nutation, Twining, Epinasty, Hyponasty)
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Nutation (Nastic Movements)
Definition
Plant rocking back and forth
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Twining (Nastic Movements)
Definition
Spiral a little in growth
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Epinasty (Nastic Movements)
Definition
Flower open during day
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Hyponasty (Nasty Movements)
Definition
Flower closes during night
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Turgor Movements
Definition
Water Pressure
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Sleep (Turgor Movements)
Definition
Move water during sleep
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Contact (Turgor Movements)
Definition
touch plant it reacts. (Ex. Venus Fly Trap)
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Guard Cells (Turgor Movements)
Definition
Lips around stomta let gasses in and out
Term
Biological Clocks
Definition
Time mechanism inside clock
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Circadian Rhythms
Definition
Regular Basis
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Photoperiodism
Definition
Follows light and dark active and different
Term
Flowering Processes
Definition
Effect of daylength, Vernalization
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Effects of daylength (Flowering Process)
Definition
How long the days are.
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Vernalization (Flowering process)
Definition
Changes in temperature
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Senescence
Definition
Aging process of plants
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Dormancy
Definition
Period of time when plant stops growing
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Evergreen
Definition
Green year round, Puts them back Pinetree
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Deciduous
Definition
Drop leaves off the fall (Maple Tree)
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