biology vocabulary of chapter 31
Across
- 2. Plants that have 2 embryonic seed leaves, a taproot, flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5, and branched veins
- 6. A plant that completes its life cycle in a single year or growing season
- 7. A type of flowering plant whose embryos have a single seed leaf, and which has parallel veins, fibrous roots, and flower parts in groups of 3
- 11. An integrated group of cells with a common function, structure, or both
- 12. Part of the vascular system containing vessel elements that transports materials from the roots to the rest of the plant
- 14. The delivery, by wind or animals, of pollen from the male parts of a plant to the stigma of a carpel on the female.
- 16. The outermost layer of the plant, covering leaves, young stems, and young roots
- 17. All of a plant's stems, leaves, and reproductive structures are part of this
- 19. A system formed by xylem and phloem throughout the plant; serves as a transport system
- 20. Tissue that makes up the bulk of a young plant and fills the space between the epidermis and the vascular tissue
Down
- 1. A pollen-producing male reproductive part of a plant
- 3. The sticky tip of a flower's carpel, which traps pollen grains
- 4. A modified leaf. Often the colorful part of a flower that advertises pollen to pollinators
- 5. A sac in which pollen grains develop at the tip of a flower's stamen
- 8. A waxy coating on the surface of stems and leaves that helps retain water
- 9. Hormone involved in plant cell elongation, shoot and bud growth, and rooting
- 10. The portion of the vascular system that conveys sap throughout a plant, made of sieve-tube members
- 13. This provides nourishment to the developing embryo in a fertilized seed
- 15. Growth that continues throughout life, as in most plants.
- 17. A modified leaf of a flowering plant that encloses and protects the flower bud before it opens
- 18. Embryonic tissue at the tip of a shoot made of developing leaves