Plant Basics
Plants that complete their life cycle in one year and die.
Annual
One of the three jobs of the root system is to anchor the plant (
Anchor, absorbing water/food, storing nutrients
The job of the leaves is
food production
Plants with soft stems that die back to the ground at the end of their season.
Herbaceous
One of the three jobs of a stem is to _________ the plant
support
The job of a flower is
sexual reproduction
Plants that live for more than two years
Perennial
A root system with one prominent root?
Taproot
What type of flower has both male and female parts.
Complete or Perfect flower
Plants that stay green throughout every season.
Evergreen
Roots that form above ground from stems and leaves.
Adventitious root
Several main veins of about equal size extending from a common point at the base.
Palmate
The language used for the binomial naming system.
Latin
Taproots are found in _______________
dicotyledons
Contain one cotyledon
Monocots