AP Biology Plant Unit

Plant Shit.  Good gods this sucks.  

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Xylem
The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants
consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
woody tissue
moves up
Phloem
Moves down
Transports sugar
consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.
Epidermisa
Outer layer of cells coating plants
House Guard cells
Root hairs
Waxy cuticle
Parenchyma cell types
Primary cell walls
flesh of fruits, roots and stem cortex
used for food storage, starch (grainy) and Photosynthesis
Sclerenchyma cell types
Thick secondary cell walls
fibers in bundles, support function
Collenchyma cell types
Primary cell walls
Support in young stems
Appical dominance
Makes grow Vertical.
If trim, then makes plant fuller because lateral buds sprout without AD
Monocot
Parallel Leaves
Round pollen
Flowers in 3s
Stem: Scattered Vascular Bundles
Root: Round
Dicot
Branching Leaves
Bumpy Pollen
Flowers in 4 and 5's
Stem: Circle Vascular Bundles
Root: X
Mycorrhizae
Sybiotic fungis, helps enhance mineral absorption
Casparian stripwaxy
Waxy and hydrophobic, traps water and minerals in vascular tissue
Staman, Anther, Filament, Petal, Stigma, Style, Ovary, Pistil, Sepal, Receptacle, Ovule
Answer 12
See Picture.
Male Gametophyte
Microspores
Female Gametophyte
Megaspores
Gravitrophism
Starch grains roll and tell when not straight up