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Flowers
Leaves
Stems
Roots
Inside the Stem
100
It is a powdery substance that fertilizes the flowers egg (ovules).
What is pollen
100
It is the edge of the leaf.
What is the margin?
100
The bud that found at the very end of a branch.
What is the terminal bud?
100
A carrot is an example of this root system.
What is taproot?
100
The innermost part of a stem, resembles a spongy material.
What is the pith
200
This type of flower contains both the male and female reporductive parts.
What is a complete flower
200
This attaches the leaf to the stem.
What is the petiole?
200
The space located between two buds/nodes
What is the internode or internodal space?
200
Looks like fuzz on the roots, but is actually where the roots absorb water and nutrients.
What are the root hairs
200
After photosynthesis the manufactured food travels down through the.
What is the phloem?
300
These are actually leaves, but are generally known as the most striking part of a flower.
What are petals
300
Type of leaf that has multiple leaflets.
What is a compound leaf?
300
By locating this you can easily tell how much growth a plant has put on from year to year.
What is the terminal bud scar?
300
The very end of a growing root, constantly sloughing off cells leading the path for the growing root.
What is the root cap
300
Roots absorb water and minerals sending it up to leaves via the.
What is the xylem?
400
There a many ways that a flower can be pollenated name two.
What is birds, bees, flies, animals, wind, humans
400
Through photosynthesis the leaf creates this food: C6 H12 O6 + 6 O2.
What is glucose
400
The small marks on a woody stem that act as breathing pores.
What are lenticels
400
Roots provide this, it keeps plants standing tall...even in the wind.
What is anchoring
400
The name is derived from human skin, this is the outermost part of a stem...or leaf for that matter
What is the epidermis?
500
It is the sticky part of the female reproductive organ
What is the stigma
500
Located on the underside of a leaf, these cells open and close a pore space called stoma which allow a leaf to breath and transpire.
What are guard cells
500
Plants set buds in the fall, these buds will eventually emerge as one of two things in the spring? (both answers required)
What are leaves and flowers
500
It is much easier to transplant a plant with this type of root system.
What is a fibrous root system
500
This area of cells separates the "up" from the "down" Its job is to constantly produce new cells for these areas.
What is the cambium