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Flashcards in Plants Deck (15)
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1
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Roots

A

Special organ structured to absorb water and minerals from the soil

2
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Dehiscence

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To burst open, releasing spores

3
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Sori

A

Clusters of sporangia

4
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Sporophytes

A

Spore bearing leaves

5
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Megaspore

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Forms ovule of seed plants

6
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Micro spore

A

Forms the pollen grains of seed plants

7
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Dormant

A

No metabolic reactions can take place as water is drawn out of it when seed is formed

8
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Endemic plant

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Only grows in one specific geographic area or habitat type

9
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Bio-prospecting

A

The use of plants to investigate possibilities of developing new medicines

10
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Phylogenenics

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Branch of learning that tries to show evolutionary relationships among organisms

11
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Taxon

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Group of related organisms

12
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Phylogenic tree/ cladogram

A

Represents the evolutionary relationships among a set of organisms that arose from a common ancestor

13
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Clade

A

Group in a cladogram which begins with a node (ancestor) and includes everything more distal to the node

14
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Distal

A

Away

15
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Rhizoids

A

Fine outgrowths of the stem