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Definition
take in water
absorb nutrients
anchorage
store starch |
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| a tap rot is found in plants like carrots, which are: |
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Definition
dicots
(one large main root) |
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| fibrous roots are found in: |
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Definition
monocots
(smaller, thinner) |
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Term
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Definition
| increase surface are for young plants |
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Definition
| help top heavy plants stand up (corn) |
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Definition
| storage, aerial, air, buttress |
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Term
| role of stems and shoots: |
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Definition
support leaves
water transport
store starch |
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Term
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Definition
rhizomes (reproductive- below ground)
stolons (above ground)
bulbs and tubers (store starch) |
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Term
| Role of buds, different kinds |
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Definition
where plants grow
terminal: at end/top
axillary: in notch where leaf connects with stem- has potential to grow into a whole branch |
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Term
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Definition
photosynthesis/food production
gases exchanged: CO2 and O2
transporation (loses water) |
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Term
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Definition
tendrils
spines
storage
reproductive
bracts (function as petals-pointsettia) |
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Term
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Definition
dermal
vascular
meristematic
ground |
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Term
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Definition
epidermal
parenchyma
collenchyma
sclernechyma
water conducting
sugar conducting |
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Term
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Definition
parenchyma
collenchyma
sclerenchyma |
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Term
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Definition
most common cell
where photosynthesis occurs
only primary CW |
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Term
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Definition
support cell
only a thicker primary CW |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
trachieds/vessels
long cells
both CWs
dead when functioning: hollow tubes |
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Term
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Definition
Sieve and companion cells
alive when functioning- only cytoplasm
sugar diffuses thru Cyto. |
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Term
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Definition
nest to sieve tube: does protein synthesis
allows for communication |
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