Botany Terms

Question 1

Anther

Answer 1

Pollen sac male flower

Question 2

Apex

Answer 2

Tip of root or shoot

Question 3

Apical dominance

Answer 3

Tendency of an apical bud to produce hormones that suppress the growth of buds below the stem

Question 4

Axil

Answer 4

Location where leaf joins stem

Question 5

Camblum

Answer 5

Layer of growing tissue that separates the xylem and holes and continuously produces new xylem and phem cells

Question 6

chlorophyll

Answer 6

Green pigment in leaves that is responsible for trapping light energy from the sun

Question 7

Chloroplast

Answer 7

A specialized component of certain cells; contains chlorophyll and is responsible for photo synthesis

Question 8

Cortex

Answer 8

Cells that make up the primary tissue of the root and stem

Question 9

cotyledon

Answer 9

First leaf that appears on a seedling . Seed leaf

Question 10

Cuticle

Answer 10

Impermeable surface layer on epidermis of leaves and fruit

Question 11

dicot

Answer 11

Having two leaves

Question 12

Epidermis

Answer 12

Outermost layer of plant cells

Question 13

Guard cells

Answer 13

Epidermal cells that open and close to let in water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide pass through the stoma

Question 14

Internode

Answer 14

Space between nodes on a stem

Question 15

Meristem

Answer 15

Specialized groups of cells that are a plants growing points

Question 16

Mesophyll

Answer 16

A leaf’s inner tissue, located between the upper and lower epidermis contains the chloroplasts and other specialized cellular parts organelles

Question 17

Monitor

Answer 17

One seed leaf

Question 18

Node

Answer 18

An area on a stem where a leaf, stem, or flower bud is located.

Question 19

Ovary

Answer 19

Part of a female flower where eggs are located.

Question 20

Petiole

Answer 20

Stalk that attaches leaf to stem

Question 21

Pholem

Answer 21

Photosynthate- conducting tissue

Question 22

Photosynthate

Answer 22

A food product sugar or starch created through photosynthestis

Question 23

Photosynthesis

Answer 23

Process in green plants converting carbon dioxide and water into foods sugar and starch using energy from sunlight

Question 24

Pistil

Answer 24

Female flower part consists of stigma style and ovary

Question 25

Respiration

Answer 25

Process of converting sugar and starch to energy

Question 26

Stamen

Answer 26

Male flower part consists of anther and supporting filament

Question 27

Stigma

Answer 27

Top of female flower part that collects pollen

Question 28

Stoma

Answer 28

Tiny openings in the epidermis that allow water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide to pass in and out of the plant

Question 29

Style

Answer 29

Part of female flower that connects the stigma to the ovary. Pollen travels down the style to reach the ovary where fertilization occurs.

Question 30

Transpiration

Answer 30

Process of losing water in form of vapor through the stomata.

Question 31

Turgor

Answer 31

Cellular water pressure responsible for keeping cells firm

Question 32

Vascular tissue

Answer 32

Water, nutrient, and Photosynthate conductive tissue ( xylem and pholem)

Question 33

Xylem

Answer 33

Water and nutrient conducting tissue