Fruits are called legumes
What is the pea family?
Underground structure made of thick, fleshy leaves surrounding a very short stem.
What is a bulb?
Leaf that has more than one blade joined to the petiole
What is a compound leaf?
fruit develops from this part of the flower
What is the ovary?
German botanist known for discovering many complex details of plant reproduction.
Who is Christian Konrad Sprengel?
Also called the crowfoot family because of their leaf shape that resembles a bird's foot
What is the buttercup family?
Part of the plant embryo that develops into the root system.
What is the radicle?
Leaves that attach directly to a stem
What are sessile leaves?
Scientific term for plants that produce seeds covered by a flower.
What is angiosperms?
Main force that brings water up a plant's transport tubes and is the loss of water from leaves.
What is transpiration?
Fruits are called grains
What is grass family?
This forms after a pollen grain reaches the flower and allows the sperm cell to travel and reach the egg cell.
What is the pollen tube?
Leaf arrangement shown here:
What is alternate?
Primary purpose of flowers.
What is reproduction?
The parts of the pistil from top to bottom:
What is stigma, style, and ovary?
These plants help return nitrogen to the soil
What is the pea family?
Carries water and nutrients from the root hairs upward through the root and stem to the leaves.
What is the xylem?
Place where a leaf attaches to the stem.
What is the node?
Leaf-like structures at the base of a flower's petals.
What are sepals?
Young plant that is able to survive without its cotyledons.
What is a seedling?
Square and stout stems with flowers usually arranged in spikes
What is the mint family?
Water and dissolved chemicals are absorbed through the cell membrane of the root hairs by this process.
What is osmosis?
Leaf arrangement shown here:
What is opposite?
Parts of the flower that attract pollinators.
What are the petals?
Plants that have nonwoody stems.
What are herbaceous?
Most important group of plants.
What is the grass family?
Storage cells that surround a root's transport tubes form this.
What is cortex?
A few weeks after planting bean seeds in your garden, you may notice these structures that resemble shriveled leaves in the middle of the stem.
What are cotyledons?
Tiny one-celled reproductive structures found on plants such as ferns.
What are spores?
Food making process of plants.
What is photosynthesis?
Monocots that have tepals and inferior ovaries and grow from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes.
What is the amaryllis family?
Creeping stem that grows along the surface of the ground in most grass plants.
What is the stolon?
When looking at a leaf under a microscope, you notice these little green structures moving within each cell.
What are chloroplasts?
Type of flowers usually found in the center of composite flower head.
What are disks?
Part of the stamen that produces pollen grains.
What is the anther?
Most members have woody stems; fleshy fruits; flower parts in multiples of five; and cup-shaped blossoms with white, pink, or rose-colored petals.
What is the rose family?
Part of a plant embryo that develops into the shoot of the plant.
What is the plumule?
Leaf venation shown here:
What is pinnate?
Plant reproduction that does not involve flowers, seeds, or fruit.
What is vegetative?
Transfer of pollen from the stamen to the top of the pistil.
What is pollination?
Member of the parsley family that is also known as wild carrot.
What is Queen Anne's Lace?
Upward force in the transport tubes produced by water entering the root hairs.
What is root pressure?
Type of margin shown here:
What is lobed?
Plant that needs two growing seasons to complete its life cycle.
What is a biennial?
Plants without vascular systems.
What are bryophytes?
Birds and other animals can aid in this dispersal of seeds.
What is agent?
Growth of a plant in length.
What is primary growth?
Three main parts of a seed.
What is embryo, endosperm, and seed coat?
This process can only occur during the day.
What is photosynthesis?
An example of this dispersal is a geranium seed pod bursting.
What is mechanical?