This is the biggest part of the embryo which provides food for the seed once it opens.
What is a Cotyledon? OR What is endosperm?
100
The process by which pollen is transferred to the stigma and fertilization occurs.
What is pollination?
100
These are the tubes that carry liquid up a plant.
What is xylem?
100
The name of the region of ground tissue, just inside the epidermis of the that stores starch produced during photosynthesis.
What is the cortex?
100
Root hairs are made up of this type of tissue.
What is dermal tissue?
200
Plants need all four of these things to survive and thrive.
What are sunlight, CO2 (gas exchange), water, and minerals?
200
This develops around one or more seeds after a flower has been successfully pollinated.
What is a fruit?
200
Tubes in the ground that absorb nutrients from the soil for the plant and hold the plant in place.
What are roots?
200
This part of a tree is made up of older xylem that no longer conducts water
What is heartwood?
200
During this growth phase, stems become wider to support the plant
What is secondary growth?
300
Seeds that have a tough coating to protect them are generally dispersed by this method.
What is animal dispersal?
300
These are inside the sepals and are often brightly colored to attract pollinators.
What are petals?
300
This tissue, located at the tips of roots and stems produces rapid growth in plants
What are meristems?
300
This is made of xylem and phloem.
What is vascular tissue?
300
This is a hormone produced in roots, fruits, and seeds that causes cell division and helps to balance root and shoot growth.
What are cytokinins?
400
This is when the embryo in the seed is alive but not growing.
What is dormancy?
400
The structures that make up the stamen.
Filament and anther? (also pollen/gametophyte)
400
A process plants use to make sugar that requires water, sunlight, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll.
What is Photosynthesis?
400
The alternation of light and dark wood produced by rapid growing spring cells and slower growing fall cells produce what are commonly known as this (tree rings)
What are tree rings?
400
During this growth phase, cells in the apical meristem become longer, adding to the length of roots and stems
What is primary growth?
500
These types of plants do not flower, do not have an enclosed seed, and grow cones.
What is a gymnosperm?
500
These are the four parts of the carpel (pistil).
What are the ovule, ovary, style, and stigma?
500
Water can enter a root but not leave due to this barrier.
What is the Casparian strip?
500
This is the main root found in trees, dandelions, and beets, that stores sugars and starches
What is the taproot?
500
This tissue allows buds to grow into new stems and leaves .