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Roots & Misc.
100
This part of the flower attracts pollinators.
What is the petals?
100
The bud at the very end of the stem.
What is the terminal bud?
100
The broad, flat portion of the leaf.
What is the blade?
100
The layer that covers the entire surface of the leaf and protects it.
What is the epidermis?
100
One main root system.
What is a taproot?
200
The part of the flower that catches the pollen.
What is the stigma?
200
The location on the stem where the leaf attaches.
What is the node?
200
The main vein that runs down the center of the leaf.
What is the midrib?
200
The layer of the leaf that contains air spaces.
What is the spongy layer?
200
A venation pattern where all of the veins begin at the base of the leaf and extend like the fingers of a hand.
What is palmate?
300
The part of the flower that protects the flower bud.
What is the sepals?
300
The part of the stem that protects the bud on the stem.
What is the bud scale?
300
The edge of the leaf.
What is the leaf margin?
300
Contain chlorophyll and are the primary site of photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
300
The process that brings water to the plant.
What is xylem?
400
The part of the flower that holds up the stigma.
What is the style?
400
The mark left behind when a leaf falls off of the stem.
What is a leaf scar?
400
The stalk of the leaf that attaches the leaf to the stem.
What is the petiole?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: The layer of the leaf with elongated cells that contain chloroplasts.
What is the palisade layer?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: A leaf arrangement where three or more leaves are in the same location on the stem.
What is whorled?
500
The part of the flower that produces the pollen.
What is the anther?
500
The mark on the stem where nutrients pass from stem to leaf.
What is a bundle scar?
500
A leaf arrangement where the leaves are directly across from each other on the stem.
What is opposite leaf arrangement?
500
These allow gas and water vapor exchange through the leaf.
What are the stomata?
500
Carbon dioxide + water = sugar + oxygen
What is photosynthesis?