Terms
The process by which organic substances move through the phloem of a plant
Translocation
A growth response to touch
Thigmotropism
Flowers with either stamens or carpels
Imperfect flowers
anther & filament
Which part(s) make up the male reproductive organ of a flower?
provides transport water and minerals for this
xylem
A plant’s response to a stimulus such that the direction of the response is preprogrammed and not dependent on the direction of the stimulus
Nastic movement
The study of life processes in an organism
Physiology
The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the carpel
Pollination
style, stigma & ovary
Which part(s) make up the female reproductive organ of a flower?
provides transport food and organic substances for this
phloem
Cells that have not specialized in any particular function
Undifferentiated cells
A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid and a multicellular haploid form
Alternation of generations
A process that requires two sperm to fuse with two other cells
Double fertilization
provides support for this plant tissue
collenchyma
guard cells do this
What controls the opening and closing of the stomata on a leaf?
Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant
Phloem
The generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle
Dominant generation
stamen
What is the male reproductive organ of a flower?
provides protection for this type of plant tissue
epidermis
turgor pressure
Something a plant can ignore for a short time without dying?
Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves
Xylem
Flowers with both stamens and carpels
Perfect flowers
carpel
What is the female reproductive organ of a flower?
provides photosynthesis for this type of cell
palisade mesophyll
phototropism
A growth response to light