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Plants
Term | Definition |
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Leaf | site of photosynthesis |
Root | anchors plants & absorbs water and minerals |
Stomata | openings in the leaf that allow exchange of gases |
Transpiration | water loss in a plant through stomata |
Shoot (Stem) | contains vascular tissue to TRANSPORT water and nutrients throughout plant |
xylem | a type of vascular tissue that moves water upward from roots to leaves |
phloem | a type of vascular tissue that moves nutrients and sugar downward from leaves to roots |
flower | reproductive structure of an angiosperm |
pistil | female reproductive part of flower |
stigma | sticky top for pollen grains to land on |
style | tube for pollen to extend from stigma to ovary |
ovary | contains ovules and will develop into fruit |
ovules | female gamete of plant; same as eggs in humans |
stamen | male reproductive part of plant |
gamete | sex cell |
anther | produces the pollen in the plant |
filament | supports the anther |
pollen | male gamete of plant; same as sperm in humans |
tropism | response of a plant to an environmental stimulus |
phototropism | response to light |
geotropism/gravitropism | response to gravity |
thigmotropism | response to touch |