| A | B |
|---|
| Angiosperms | flowering plants |
| anther | male pollen producing structure |
| apical meristem | tissue on root & shoot tips where elongation growth (mitosis) occurs |
| bark | the outer covering of woody plants |
| calyx | the outer whorl of protective sepals in a flower |
| cambium | growth tissue that adds to the girth of a plant & produces xylem & phloem |
| cortex | parenchyma cells between the root's epidermis & vascular cylinder |
| cotyledons | seed leaves (1 in monocotes & 2 in dicots) |
| cuticle | waxy surface of leaves |
| epicotyl | portion of a plant embryo that lengthens & pushes the plant upward |
| epidermis | outer layer of cells |
| fruit | the ripened ovary which functions to disperse seeds |
| germination | when a seed plant begins to respond to moisture and grow |
| guard cells | surround the leaf stoma and control gas exchange |
| gymnosperms | cone bearing trees |
| hypocotyls | point of attachment for the embryo to the cotyledons |
| mesophyll | middle photosynthetic layers in a leaf |
| ovary | the part of the flower that contains the ovules and will become the fruit |
| ovule | the female gametes of the flower |
| palisade mesophyll | the upper column-like main photosynthetic cells in a leaf |
| petal | the colorful part of a flower |
| petiole | the stalk of a leaf that joins it to the stem |
| phloem | sugar carrying tubes in plant tissue |
| pistil | the female flower part |
| pollen grain | small particle from anthers that contain the male gametes of a plant |
| primary growth | growth in the apical meristems of a plant that causes length increases |
| radicle | embryonic plant root |
| root cap | cells on the tip of a root that are smashed throught the soil |
| root hairs | extensions from roots that increase surface area for water absorption |
| secondary growth | enlarging outward in width |
| seed | the hardened dormant package that contains a plant embryo |
| sepal | the green protective leafs surrounding flower petals in the bud |
| sink | cells in a plant that store the products of photosynthesis |
| spongy mesophyll | loosely spaced photosynthetic cells in a plant leaf |
| stamen | the flowers male part |
| stigma | the sticky end of the flower's pistil |
| stomata | the hole between 2 guard cells that allows gas exchang in a leaf |
| style | the stalk of the pistil |
| transpiration | loss of water from leaves |
| vascular tissue | combination of xylem and phloem |
| veins | bundles of xylem and phloem in leaves |
| xylem | water & mineral carrying vascular tissue in plants |
| monocots | group of plants with one cotyledon |
| dicots | group of plants with 2 cotyledons |
| epidermis | outer layer of protective cells |
| gymnosperms | group of plants that includes conifers |
| radicle | the embryonic root inside a seed |
| endosperm | the triploid tissue that feeds the embryo in a seed upon germination |
