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Chapter 6: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit Flashcards

1
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Leaf structure (top to bottom)

A

Upper epidermis, palisade, vascular bundles, sponge mesophyll, intercellular chamber, lower epidermis, stomate and guard cells

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2
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Transpiration

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Regulates leaf temp, draws water into and out of xylem

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3
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Pinnate

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Feather

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4
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Trifoliate

A

Bean plant

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5
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Palmate

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Palm of hand

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6
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Bud at base of petiole

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Compound

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7
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Complete flower

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Sepals, petals, stamen, pistil

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8
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Incomplete

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Lack one or more parts

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9
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Perfect

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Stamens and pistils

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10
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Imperfect

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Staminate and pistillate

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11
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Monoecious

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Staminate and pistillate on same plant

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12
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Dioecious

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Staminate and pistillate on separate plants

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13
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Single stalk flower

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Solitary

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14
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Multiple or cluster flowers

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Inflorescences

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15
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Corymb

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Short, flat topped indeterminate flower, cherry

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16
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Cyme inflorescence

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Flower opens first, themselves corymb, Strawberry

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17
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Raceme

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Single, elongated indeterminate, mustard

18
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Spike

A

Elongated simple indeterminate with sessiles, wheat

19
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Catkin

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Spike with only pistillate or staminate, walnut

20
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Panicle

A

Indeterminate branching raceme in grasses

21
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Umbel

A

Indeterminate flat topped cluster from common point, dill

22
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Head

A

Short dense spike, sunflower

23
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Spadix

A

Complete, dense, surrounded by spathe

24
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Pericarp

A

Ovary wall, orange peel

25
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Hesperidium

A

Several carpels with inner juice sacs, vesicles

26
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Fleshy fruit

A

Pericarp develops into succulent tissue

27
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Berry

A

Pulpy fruit with few to many seeds, banana

28
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Dry-fleshy

A

Parts of pericarp fry but others succulent

29
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Drupe

A

Simple fruit, single carpel

30
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Exocarp

A

Thin skin

31
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Mesocarp

A

Thick and fleshy

32
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Endocarp

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Hard and stony

33
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Pome

A

Simple, several carpels

34
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Dry

A

Entire pericarp is dry

35
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Dehiscent

A

Split

36
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Capsule

A

2 or more carpels, septum between

37
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Caryopsis

A

Grain

38
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Samara

A

One seeded, elm
Two seeded, maple

39
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Schizocarp

A

2 or more carpels

40
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Aggregate fruit

A

Several ovaries, strawberry, fig, mulberry

41
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Micropyle

A

Small opening near hilum

42
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Hilum

A

Scar after breaking seed from stalk

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