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25 Cards in this Set
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Phloem |
- Is the vascular tissue through which food moves. |
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Xylem |
- Water and minerals, on the other hand travel in the vascular tissue. |
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Pollen |
- Tiny structures that contain the cells that will later become sperm cells. |
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Seed |
- Is a structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering. |
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Embryo |
- The young plant that develops from the zygote, or fertilized egg. |
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Cotyledon |
- In all the seeds, the embryo has one or more leaves is stored. |
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Root Cap |
- protects the root from injury from rocks as the root grows through the soil. |
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Cambium |
- which divide to produce new phloem and xylem. |
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Stomata |
- The surface layers of the leaf have small openings, or pores. |
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Transpiration |
- The process by which water evaporates from a plants leaves. |
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Section 2: Gymnosperms |
- Is a seed plant that produces naked seeds. |
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Cones |
- The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm. |
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Ovule |
- A plant structure in seed plants that produces the female gametophyte; contains egg cell. |
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Pollination |
- The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structure to a female reproductive structure. |
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Section 3: Angiosperms |
- A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective structure. |
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Sepals |
- A leaflike structure that encloses the bud of a flower. |
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Petals |
- A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers. |
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Stamens |
- Are the male reproductive parts. |
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Pistils |
- Are the female part of the flower |
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Fruit |
- The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds. |
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Monocots |
- Are angiosperms that have only one seed leaf. |
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Dicots |
- Produce seeds with two seed leaves. |
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Precision Farming |
- A farming method in which farmers fine-tune the amount of fertilizer they use to the requirements of a specific field. |
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Hydroponics |
- Is a farming method in which plants are grown in solutions of nutrients instead of in soil. |
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Genetic Engineering |
- Scientists alter an organism's genetic material to produce an organism with qualities that people find useful. |