Definitions
Plants that flower and produce seeds, protected by fruits or pods
What are angiosperms?
Plants that complete their life cycles in two growing seasons
Small roots that branch off the main root
What are secondary roots?
Transports water and minerals from the roots
What is xylem?
Apples, peaches, beans
Angiosperms
Plants that produce seeds that are not protected by fruits or pods
What are gymnosperms?
Plants that produce for more than two years or two growing seasons
What are perennials?
Protects the growing tip of roots
What are root caps?
Transports food from the leaves
What is phloem?
Gymnosperms
A group of flowering plants with one cotyledon
What are monocots?
Plants that have soft stems killed by frost
What are herbaceous plants?
Many tiny roots that increase the surface area of the root
What are root hairs?
Protective layer of cells
Scientific names are a two name system. The first name is _, the second name is _
Genus, Species
A group of flowering plants with two or more cotyledons
What are dicots?
Plants that complete their life cycle in one year or one growing season
What are annuals?
Root system with one thick main root
What are tap roots?
What are guard cells?
Flower parts in multiples of four or five
Plants with hardy stems that survive winter frost
What are woody plants?
Roots that grow from the stem or leaf of a plant
What are adventitious roots?
Where photosynthesis takes place; made up of the palisade layer and the spongy layer
What is mesophyll?
What is the purpose of a flower?
To reproduce through the production of seeds