Stems
This type of growth is when a stem increases in diameter.
What is secondary growth?
Leaves absorb sunlight, water, and CO2 to perform this process of creating food.
What is photosynthesis?
Root system containing one main root with small
root fibers growing out of it.
What is a taproot system?
Tip of male reproductive part that holds four chambers of pollen.
What is the anther?
The process of transferring pollen from one plant to another, fertilizing the receiving plant.
What is pollenation?
This type of vascular tissue is responsible for distributing sugars throughout the plant.
what is phloem tissue?
large, flat area of leave responsible for absorbing sunlight.
What is the blade?
Tip of roof responsible for protecting the region of growing root behind it.
What is a root cap?
These are brightly colored structures that are valuable for attracting pollinators
What are petals?
The ovary of a flower develops into this, which is eaten and the seeds are dispersed in the animal's waste.
What is fruit?
This type of vascular tissue is responsible for moving water and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant.
What is Xylem tissue?
Waxy layer covering the epidermis of many plant leaves.
What is a cuticle?
Area of the root where it increases in length.
What is the elongation region?
Sticky pad responsible for receiving pollen.
What is the stigma?
When pollen lands on a stigma of the right species, chemicals in the stigma stimulate the formation of this structure.
What is a pollen tube?
The tip of a woody stem;
cells in this area can
become leaves, stem tissue, or
flowers.
What is the apical meristem?
Cells on either side of the stoma that open or close the stoma depending on the level of water the cells possess.
What are guard cells?
Area of roots where root hairs begin to branch off.
What is the maturation region?
Part of flower that eventual becomes the fruit of the plant.
What is the ovary?
Plants that produce flowers with pollen that is carried from the male parts of one flower to the female part of another flower.
What are angiosperms?
This is the term for when water inside plant cells push outward on the cell wall, allowing cells in the stem to stack up together and stand upright.
What is turgor pressure?
Collection of cells containing air pockets responsible for the diffusion of gases in and out of the leaf.
What is spongy mesophyll?
Internal structure of root used for the storage of materials.
What is the cortex?
These are the small green leaves that protect the flower prior to blooming.
What are sepals?
One sperm from the pollen grain fuses with the egg cell to form the embryo, while another fuses with the polar nuclei in the stigma to form this, which is the food supply for the embryo.
What is the endosperm?