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Chapter Checkup 1A

This document provides definitions and descriptions of key plant anatomy and biology terms. It defines photosynthesis, stomata, guard cells, chloroplasts, and other terms related to leaf structure and function. It also covers terms like root hairs, cellulose, and tropisms that describe roots and plant responses to the environment. Additionally, it defines reproductive plant parts like pistils, fertilization, pollination, and embryos.

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Chapter Checkup 1A

This document provides definitions and descriptions of key plant anatomy and biology terms. It defines photosynthesis, stomata, guard cells, chloroplasts, and other terms related to leaf structure and function. It also covers terms like root hairs, cellulose, and tropisms that describe roots and plant responses to the environment. Additionally, it defines reproductive plant parts like pistils, fertilization, pollination, and embryos.

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Gisselle Alemán
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Chapter Checkup 1A

Photosynthesis Root hairs


The chemical process by which green plants Tiny projections near the end of a root that
produce food absorb water and dissolved minerals from the
soil

Stomata
Guard cells
Tiny holes or pores in a leaf through which air
enters A pair of cells that surrounds each stoma on a
leaf to control how much water evaporates
through the stomata
Cholorphyll
The pigment, or coloring, that makes plants Cellulose
green and is necessary for photosynthesis
A tough, fibrous material manufactured by
plant cells out of glucose and used to make
Chloroplasts cell walls

Tiny packages of chlorophyll contained in the


cells of a leaf Tropism
The growth of a plant in response to a
Glucose condition in tis environment, such as gravity,
water, light or touch
A type of sugar; the food plants need in order
to live
Bracts

Midrib The colorful leaves some flowers produce that


may be mistaken for petals
The large vein in the middle of the leaf

Pistil
Cuticle
The long tube in the middle of the flower that
The waxy covering that coats the skin of a leaf has the ovary at its base
and prevents water from escaping

Fertilization
Shoot system
The process when a sperm cell unites with an
The part of the plant that is visible above the egg cell
ground

Pollination
Root system
The transfer of pollen from a stamen to the
The part of the plant that is below the ground pistil

Taproot Embryo
One main root that goes deep into the ground The living, miniature, undeveloped plant that
is within the seed

Root cap
Botanists
A layer of tough protective cells that covers
the end of the root Scientists who study plants

Hybrid
A new variety of plant produced by cross-
fertilizing related plants
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Leaves Bladderwort
Make food for the plant Underwater plant has hollow leaves filled
with water that can quickly expand and suck
in an insect or small crustacean
Stem
Carries liquid from roots to leaves and back Grasses
The most important family of food-producing
Veins plants, with long, thin leaves and very small
flowers
Transport liquids; reinforce the structure of
the thin, fragile leaf
Pea family

Roots Often called legumes, this is the second


largest family of flowering plants
Absorb water and minerals for the plat's use;
anchor the plant in the soil
Lily family

Petals Most of the members of this family grow from


bulbs; their petals grow in multiples of three
Help attract bees or other creatures to a
flower's seeds
Rose family

Ovary Colorful and fruitful family has petals in


multiples of five
Holds one or more undeveloped seeds;
develops into the fruit
Composite family

Stamens The largest family of flowering plants; each


"flower" is actually a combination of many
Make and hold pollen small flowers

Bulb
Stores food during the growing season so that
the plant can continue to live after the leaves,
stems, and flowers have died

Pitcher plant
After this plant attracts insects with its
honeylike nectar, the insects slip into its
pitcher-shaped leaf where they are digested

Venus's-flytrap
The hinged leaves of this plant close on its
insect prey like the jaws of a steel trap

Sundew plant
The glistening bait of this plant is its sticky
"dewdrops" that trap unwary insects

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