Plant groups
The greek meaning of gymnosperm
What is "naked seed?"
Plants that complete their life cycle in a year
What are annuals?
The part of a plant that anchors the plant, absorbs water and minerals, and stores manufactured food.
What are roots?
Plants that produce seeds not protected by fruit
what are gymnosperms?
The two types of conductive tissues in the stem
What are xylem and phloem?
Examples of angiosperms
apples, peaches, pecans, soybeans (answers may vary)
Plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons
What are biennials?
The part of the plant that supports the rest of the plant, conducts water and food, stores food and water, and produces new stem tissues
What is the stem?
dicots have two ____ therefore the seedlings have two seed leaves.
what are cotyledons?
The waxy coating (of leaves) that prevents water loss
What is the cuticle?
Plants where seeds have one cotyledon
What are monocots? / What are monocotyledons
Plants that produce for more than two years or growing seasons
What are perennials?
The purpose of ___ is to reproduce through the production of seeds
What are flowers?
the leaves in dicots have ___ veins.
what is netted?
The female part of a flower
What is the pistil?
In monocots, the ____ are scattered.
What are vascular bundles?
A plant that has a soft stem that is killed by frost
What is a herbaceous plant?
The outermost part of a flower that protects the unopened flower and supports the petals when it blooms
What are sepals?
the leaves in monocots have ___ veins.
what is parallel?
Plants that have the male and female flowers on separate plants
What are dioecious plants?
The greek meaning of angiosperm
What is "enclosed seed" / What is "covered seed"
A plant that has a hard stem that can survive winter frost
What is a woody plant?
All the sepals on a plant all together as a whole
What is the calyx?
The vascular bundles in dicots are arranged in _____.
What is a circle?
Where photosynthesis takes place; made up of palisade layer and the spongy layer
What is mesophyll?