Honors Bio Plants (Chap 20 &21)
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- Primary Growth
- Vertical growth of a plant (length)
- Blade
- Main part of leaf
- Phloem Xylem
- Two types of vascular tissue in alphabetical order (Separate by space only)
- Vegetative Reproduction
- Another term for asexual reproduction in plants (include "reproduction" in your answer)
- Sepals
- Part of a flower: Outermost ring that covers and protects flower bud before blossoming (Plural)
- Buds
- Underdeveloped shoots on a plant
- Fibrous Roots
- Root system commonly found in monocots (i.e. grass) [2 words; plural]
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Process in which nitrogen is converted to ammonia for plants
- Carnivorous Plants
- Plants that eat meat (Ex: Venus Fly Trap) [Include "plants" in answer]
- Photosynthesis
- Flowers and plants must use what process to obtain energy
- Fertilizer
- Substance used by farmers to enhance crop yield by added nitrogen
- Dermal Tissue
- Type of plant tissue: Outer covering of plant (skin) [Include "tissue" in answer]
- Stem
- Part of a flower: Supports leaves and flowers, protects veins of plant
- Parasitic Plants
- Plants that obtain some or allk nutrients from a host plant, who they are harming [Include "plants" in answer]
- Pollen
- "Plant sperm", as Malcolm would put it
- Style
- Part of a flower: Narrow structure that has a sticky tip; Used in reproduction and receives the pollen
- Vascular Tissue
- Type of plant tissue: Transports water, nutrients, veins of plant [Include "tissue" in answer]
- Wood
- Secondary xylem that is laid down in the growing season accumulates as ______.
- Pollen Tube
- Tube pollen travels down to get to the embryo sac
- Petiole
- Stalk connecting leaf and stem
- Ground Tissue
- Type of plant tissue: Makes up most non-woody plant; storage and support for plant [Include "tissue" in answer]
- Sink
- Where the nutrients and minerals are taken; Opposite of source. Ex: Roots
- Anther
- Part of a flower: Sac part of stamen in which male gametophytes produced
- Epiphyte
- Type of plant that lives on the surface of another but produces its own food
- Source
- Where a substance is made or enters the plant and is transported from this region; opposite of sink.
- Transpiration
- Process by which water is transported from the roots to the leaves and other parts of the plant
- Taproot
- Root system commonly found in dicots (1 word)
- Secondary Growth
- Horizontal Growth; Width
- Pollination
- Process in which the pollen is transported to another flower, where it reproduces
- Meristem Tissue
- Tissue that creates new dermal, vascular, and ground tissue for the plant [include "tissue" in answer]
- Germination
- After the embryo has fallen off of the flower parent, this process occurs where it grows and takes in water to become fully grown
- Petals
- Part of a flower: Strikingly colorful; Second ring of protection for bud before blossoming (Petals)