Plants

Question 1

diverse group of eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic autotrophs that inhabit a myriad of environments from lush tropical rainforests to scorching deserts

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Plants

Question 2

fresh water green algae that evolved to plants during the Paleozoic Era, approximately 450 million years ago

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Charophytes

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plants that lack specialized conducting tissues to transport water and nutrients throughout the plant’s body

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Nonvascular plants

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Phylum of liverworts

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Phylum Hepatophyta

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Phylum of true mosses

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Phylum Bryophyta

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plants that possess specialized tissues for conducting water and nutrients throughout the plant

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Vascular Plants

Question 7

plant organs that absorb water and nutrients from the soil and, in addition, anchor a plant

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Roots

Question 8

vascular plant organs that support leaves and reproductive structures

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Stems

Question 9

the primary photosynthetic organs of plants

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Leaves

Question 10

Phylum of ground pines, club mosses, quillworts, and spike mosses

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Phylum Lycophyta

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Phylum of ferns

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Phylum Pterophyta

Question 12

appear in the fossil record approximately 305 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period & Mesozoic Era

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Gymnosperm

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multicellular male gametophytes

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Pollen Grains

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occurs when pollen is carried from the male reproductive organs to the female reproductive organ in a number of ways

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Pollination

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having separate sexes

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Dioecious

Question 16

The wood of conifers is considered this. composed primarily of tracheids and rays

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Softwood

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the wood of angiosperms is considered this. composed primarily of tracheids, rays, and vessel elements.

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Hardwood

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consists of the cork, cork cambium, and phloem

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Bark

Question 19

the outer bark of a tree

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Cork

Question 20

produces new phloem and xylem in trees

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Cambium

Question 21

composed of a visible band of spring wood and summer wood

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Annual Rings

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Phylum of cycads

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Phylum Cycadophyta

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Phylum of Ginkgo biloba

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Phylum Ginkgophyta

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Phylum of pines, cypresses, spruces, redwoods, cedars, hemlocks, junipers, and yews

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Phylum Coniferophyta

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flowering plants

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Angiosperms

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complex reproductive structures

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Flowers

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posessing little or no woody tissue

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Herbaceous

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plants that completed their life cycle in one season

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Annuals

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plants that complete their life cycle in two seasons

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Biennials

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plants that complete their life cycle in two or more seasons

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Perennials

Question 31

flowering plants with a single cotyledon

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Monocots

Question 32

flowering plants with two cotyledons

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Dicots

Question 33

a structure derived from the ovary of a plant and its accessory tissues exclusive to angiosperms

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Fruit

Question 34

an edible part of a plant derived from petioles, leaves, specialized leaves, roots, stems, or flowers

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Vegetable

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a ripened ovule of a plant that contains an embryo housed in a protective coat and nourished by stored food

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Seed

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forms the skin or peel of a fruit

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Exocarp

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the fleshy portion of the fruit between the exocarp and the endocarp

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Mesocarp

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the inside layer of the pericarp directly surrounding the seed

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Endocarp

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resumption of growth and metabolic activity

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Germination

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embryonic leaves that provide food in Angiosperm seeds

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Cotyledons