Characteristics of a plant
a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants algae and some bacteria
What is chlorophyll?
vascular tissue through which water and minerals move
What is xylem?
the process by which water evaporates from a plant's leaves
What is transpiration?
A plant that live for more than 2 years
What are perennials?
A plant's growth response toward or away from a stimulus
What is tropism?
when a plant uses carbon dioxide gas and water to make food and oxygen
What is photosinthesis
anchor and absorb water and nutrients for a moss
What are rhizoids
dividing to produce new phloem and xylem
what is the job of cambium?
All plants undergo _______
What is fertilization?
The axin
What speeds up the plant's cell growth?
the structures in which food is made
What is chloroplasts?
Plants with vascular tissue
What are vascular plants?
anchor plants in the ground absorb water and minerals from the soil sometimes store food.
What are roots?
A structure that contains an egg ell
What is an ovule?
A chemical that affects how the plant grows and develops
What is a hormone?
a large storage Sac that stores many substances
what is a vacuole?
vascular tissue through which food moves
What is pholem?
open and close to control when gas enters and leaves the leaf
what is the job of a stomata
when flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season
What are annuals?
The 3 important stimuli in a plant
What is touch, gravity, and light?
a group of similar cells that perform a specific function in an organism
What are tissues?
low-growing Denso walls and do not have roots for absorbing water
What are nonvascular plants?
protecting the roots from injury as the roots grow through the soil
What is the job of a root cap?
Plants that complete their life cycle in 2 years
A plant's response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day
What is photoperiodism?