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Botany
exam 3
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/27/2010

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Term

What are the 3

Primary Meristems?

 

and what do they do?

Definition

Protoderm

Procambium

Ground Meristem

 

They create the Mature Primary Tissues.

Term

What other terms is

Tracheophyte synonymous with?

 

 

Definition

Vascular Plants

True land plants

Term

What is Lignin?

Where is Lignin located?

What does Lignin do?

Definition

Tough, resistant -- "wood"

Deposited in secondary cell walls rather than the vacuol

  • Strengthens and Stiffens
    • Terrestrial plants can grow aginst the force of gravity
  • Waterproofs cells
    • Upward transport of water through the xylem
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What is the Cutical?

Where is the cutical located?

What does the cutical do?

 

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