plants Flashcards

(29 cards)

1
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Carry substances between roots and leaves; provide support for plant; holds leaves up to sunlight; produce leaves, branches, or flowers at the nodes

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Stems

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2
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The plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering

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Seed

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3
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A vascular tissue that moves water and nutrients into the leaf

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Xylem

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4
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A vascular tissue that moves finished sugars out of the leaf

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Phloem

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5
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The organelle where chlorophyll is found

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Chloroplast

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6
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the outer layer of bark

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cork

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7
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And a layer of living cells just under the dead cork constantly dividing to produce new cork cells

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cork cambium

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8
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tugor pressure

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A kind of pressure caused by the presence of water inside a plant’s central vacuoles

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9
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taproot system and fibrous root system

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Types of roots

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10
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I thin ring of Phloem and the tissue on the outside of the tree trunk

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bark

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11
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a nonvascular plant that’s shaped like a human liver. found growing as a thick crust on moist rocks or soil along the sides of a stream.

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Liverworts

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12
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A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the cell walls of many organisms

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Cellulose

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The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants.( keeps plants from water loss)

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Cuticle

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14
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specialized tissue in plants that carries water and nutrients

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vascular tissue

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15
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nonvascular plants

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Bryophytes

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16
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Green and leafy with attached root-like rhizoids; always present

17
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Consists of the stalk and capsule; not always present

18
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Plants who is vascular bundles are evenly distributed throughout their stems

19
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Plants whose vascular bundles are found in a ring around the outer portion of the stem

20
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the layer of cells in a leaf where most photosynthesis occurs

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palisade layer

21
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the vascular tissue of leaves; type of vascular bundleVeins

22
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Loosely packed cells, so that carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxygen can move easily to the palisade layer

23
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Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move; guard cells on either side of the stomata regulate the size of the opening

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Rings or layers of wood which represent one growth period of a tree. In cross section the rings may indicate the age of the tree.

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A thick-walled that helps support a plant
Fibers
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Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in ground.
roots
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herbaceous and woody
Types of stems
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They have thin, leafy structures attached by rhizoids and transport water by diffusion
Hornworts
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tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants, which includes sphagnum
moss