Seeds
This is the term used when seeds begin to grow.
What is germinate?
The roots serve these 2 purposes for the plant.
What is anchors the plant and provides nourishment?
Define the term "terminal bud."
What is the bud at the end of the stem?
Plants use light and other substances to make energy through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This is the male part of the flower.
What is stamen?
Plants need these three conditions to germinate.
What is water, oxygen, and warmth?
Name the 2 main types of roots.
What are fibrous and taproot?
This is the term for a new stem.
What is shoot?
This is the waste product of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
Pollination occurs when pollen combines with this.
What is ovule?
This is the term for a seed with 1 cotyledon.
What is monocot?
Growth occurs at this location.
What is the tip of the root?
When looking at a wood round, this is the term for the very center point.
What is pith?
These 2 tubes appears as "veins" in leaves.
What are xylem and phloem?
This is why some plants are carnivorous.
What is to supplement their diet? (When there are not enough nitrates.)
This protects the seed before it germinates.
What is seed coat?
These special roots grow from the sides of the stem, then grow down.
What are prop roots?
Epidermis cells become this when they harden and die.
What is bark?
Leaves are green in the spring and summer because of this.
What is chlorophyll?
This plant lures in prey with nectar and the insect eventually slip on their rim and fall into a base full of sticky liquid.
What is a pitcher plant?
This is the term for a seed's "belly button."
What is hilum?
These special kind of roots grow up into the air.
What are pneumatophores?
These are tubes that travel up the stem to transport water and nutrients.
What are xylem?
During autumn, this causes colors to appear.
What is a lack of new chlorophyll?
This is the definition of "multiple fruit."
What is several flowers form one fruit?