Botany 1.5
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- What is a haploid cell?
- A cell with one set of DNA in the nucleus.
- What is a cotyledon?
- The part of the embryo that helps to feed it.
- Stem
- The above-ground portion of a plant with buds. Must have lentices.
- What does the Cell theory state?
- That the cell is the smallest unit of life and all cells come from pre-existing cells.
- What is a seed?
- A Dispersal unit containing embryonic sporophyte (baby plant) and nutritive tissue surrounded by a protective coat. Edit Card Card FrontWhat is a seed? Card BackA Dispersal unit containing embryonic sporophyte (baby plant) and nutritive tissue surrounded by a protective coat.
- What is a bryophyte?
- A seedless, non-vascular plant that lives on land.
- What is a diploid cell?
- A cell with 2 sets of DNA in the nucleus-one from each parent.
- What is a gamete?
- a single haploid "sex" cell. (sperm or egg)
- What is a spore?
- A single, haploid cell that is made by meiosis in plants.
- What is a sporophyte?
- Multicellular plant made of diploid cells and creates spores
- Buds
- Underdevelpoed tissue with apical meristem.
- Apical bud
- At the tip of the stem.
- Axilary bud
- apical bud situated at the base of the leaf
- Lenticels
- Loosely arranged (torn) epidermal cells that help gas diffusion into the stem.
- Rhizomes
- Horizontal underground stem
- Tuber
- thickened end of rhizome (potato)
- Bulbs
- Shortened, fattened, underground stem with overlapping leaves (onion)
- corms
- short, fattened underground stems. Mostly stem and no overlapping leaves.(turnip)
- Stolon
- horizontal, above-ground stems growing along surface, making new plants (grass/strawberry)