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| a waxy layer that coats most of the surfaces of plants to keep the plant from drying out |
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| plants that do not have specialized tissues to move water and nutrients through a plant |
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| plants that have tissues that move water and nutrients to differnet parts of the plant |
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| seed plants that have flowers |
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| tiny structures of the plant in which sperm are formed |
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| a sticky fluid produced by pine trees |
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| the transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures |
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| vascular tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots to the stem and leaves |
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| vascular tissue that transports food from the leaves to all parts of the plant |
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| a layer of cells that cover the surface |
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| tiny openings in the epidermis that allow carbon dioxide to enter a leaf |
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| modified leaves that make up the outermost ring of flower parts and protect the flower as a bud |
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| broad, flat, thin, leaflike parts of a flower |
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| the male reproductive structure of flowers |
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| the thin stalk-like part of the stamen |
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| sac like structure on the stamen that produces pollen |
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| the female reproductive structure of a flower |
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| the top sticky part of a pistil that traps pollen |
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| the long slender part of the pistil |
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| the rounded base of the pistil that contains one or more ovules (eggs) |
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| What characteristics do most plants share? |
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| Most plants make their own food, have a cuticle, have cells with cell walls, and reproduce using both spores and sex cells |
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| What are the two main groups of plants? |
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| What are the 3 groups of vascular plants? |
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| 1-seedless plants 2-gymnosperms 3-angiosperms |
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| What are some examples of nonvascular plantas? |
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| mosses, liverworts, hornworts |
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| What are some examples of seedless vascular plants? |
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| ferns, club mosses, and horsetails |
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| What are the three parts of a seed? |
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1-sporophyte -the young plant
2-stored food
3-seed coat |
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| What are gymnosperms used for? |
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| building material, paper products, soap, turpentine, paint, ink, drugs, and landscaping |
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| What are the two kinds of angiosperms? |
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| What are the characteristics of monocots? |
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| leaves have parallel veins, flower parts in 3's, one cotyledon (seed leaf), scattered bundles of vascular tissue |
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| What are some examples of monocots? |
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| grasses, orchids, onions, lilies, palms, corn |
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| What are the characteristics of dicots? |
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| leaves have branching veins, flower parts in 4's or 5's, two cotyledons (seed leaves), bundles of vascular tissue are in rings |
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| What are some examples of dicots? |
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| roses, cactuses, sunflowers, peanuts, peas, beans |
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| What are some uses of angiosperms? |
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| food, building materials, clothing, rope, medicines, perfunes, and rubber |
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| What are the 3 functions of roots? |
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1-supply plants with water and minerals
2-hold plants in soil
3-store surplus food |
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| What are the two types of root systems? |
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1-taproot-when there is one main large foot
2-fibrous-when there are several big roots spread out from the stem |
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| What are the four functions of stems? |
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1-connect roots to leaves and flowers
2-support plant body
3-some store materials
4-transport materials between roots and stems and leaves |
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| What are the two types of stems? |
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1-herbaceous-soft, thin, flexible stems
2-woody-hard, rigid stems |
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| What is the main functions of the leaves? |
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| to make food for the plant |
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