Plant Evolution
Four challenges of terrestrial life
What is maintain water, obtain resources, support, and reproduction?
A leaf-like structure that nourishes the plant embryo
What is a cotyledon?
Flowering plants with two cotyledons
What is a eudicot?
The two main types of roots
What are fibrous root and tap root?
Rely on _____ for seed dispersal
What are animals?
Thickened and reinforced with lignin
What is a cell wall?
Makes up veins throughout the ground tissue of the plant
What are vascular bundles?
Appears in multiples of four or five for a eudicot plant
What are flower parts?
Corn and grasses are an example of _____
What is a fibrous root?
A cluster of flowers arranged on a stem
What is inflorescence?
Anchor, absorb water and minerals
What are roots?
Monocot seed coats are found outside the
What is embryo?
Eudicot seed coats are found inside the
What is embryo?
Not true roots
What is an adventitious root?
Berry with leathery exocarp
What is a hesperidium?
Locations of cell division at the tips of roots and stems for growth
What is apical meristem?
Leaf veins run _____ to one another
What is parallel?
Leaf veins form a _______ or pattern
What is a netlike array?
Storage and absorption are examples of _____
What are root functions?
Berry with hard exocarp
What is pepo?
Xylem and phloem are examples of
What is vascular tissue?
What kind of root system do monocots have?
What is a fibrous root system?
What kind of root system do eudicots have?
What are taproots?
What do adventitious roots improve in plants?
What are chances of growth and survival?
Fruits splits open at maturity
What is dry dehiscent?