The Plant's Anchor
The structure that covers and protects the tender root tips is called this.
What is the root cap?
What is the term for a fully ripened ovary?
What is fruit?
The type of reproduction in which sperm and egg cells unit is called this?
What is sexual reproduction?
The dispersal of dandelion seeds by the wind is an example of what kind of dispersal?
What is agent dispersal?
Wood is another name for this type of vascular tissue.
What is xylem?
The tiny, tube-like projections that extend from the epidermal cells of a root to absorb water and minerals are called this.
What are root hairs?
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What is the process of a new plant growing from a root, stem, or leaf of an existing plant?
What is vegetative reproduction?
What part of a flower covers and protects the rest of the flower during development?
What is the sepal?
What is the tissue that surrounds and nourishes a developing plant embryo?
What is the endosperm?
The process in which substances mix through random molecular motion is called this.
What is diffusion?
Within a root, food is stored in this.
What is the cortex?
This simple fruit is known for having fleshy outer layer and an inner papery core.
What is the pome?
Plants that are not pollinated by other flowers, these flowers must be pollinated through what process?
What is self-pollination?
In some cases, plant seedlings that receive light from only one direction will bend toward the light; this demonstrates what kind of tropism?
What is phototropism?
The older, inner wood of a stem that serves only to support the stem is called this.
What is heartwood?
What is the term for the special roots that grow from an unusual regions of a plant?
What are adventitious roots?
These fruits form from one flower having several pistols.
What are aggregate fruits?
After pollination takes place, the first step in fertilization is the formation of this tube.
What is the pollen tube?
What part of a seed's embryo develops into the new plant's root system?
What is the radicle?
The period of inactivity that occurs before germination is called this.
What is dormancy?
The part of the root tip in which cells grow longer is called the region of this.
What is elongation?
This simple fruit is produced by the grass family.
What is grain?
What is the chief factor determining when a plant flowers?
What is the length of day and night?
What is the first step in the process of germination?
What is the seed begins to absorb water?
The structures of the plant embryo that contain stored food to supply the energy needed for sprouting are called this.
What are cotyledons?