Apologia Biology Vocabulary - Module 14: Kingdom Plantae: Anatomy and Classification (2nd edition) Flashcards

Vocabulary from Module 14, from Apologia's High School Biology Course Exploring Creation With Biology, by Dr. Jay Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell (2nd edition). There is also a crossword puzzle with these vocabulary words at e-learninglinks.com.

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61420455	Botany	The study of plants	1
61420456	Perennial plants	Plants that grow year after year	2
61420457	Annual plants	Plants that live for only one year	3
61420458	Biennial plants	Plants that live for two years	4
61420459	Vegetative organs	The parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction	5
61420460	Reproductive plant organs	The parts of a plant (such as flowers, fruits, and seeds) involved in reproduction	6
61420461	Undifferentiated cells	Cells that have not specialized in any particular function	7
61420462	Xylem	Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves	8
61420463	Phloem	Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant	9
61420464	Leaf mosaic	The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant	10
61420465	Leaf margin	The characteristics of the leaf edge	11
61420466	Deciduous plant	A plant that loses its leaves for winter	12
61420467	Girdling	The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk	13
61420468	Alternation of generations	A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form	14
61420469	Dominant generation	In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the life cycle	15
61420470	Pollen	A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants	16
61420471	Cotyledon	A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed- it provides nutrients to the developing seedlings and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant	17