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Angiosperms
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Flowering vascular plants that produce a fruit containing one or more seeds; monocots and dicots (p.309)
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Cambium
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Vascular tissues that produces xylem and phloem cells as plant grows (p.307)
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Cellulose
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Chemical compound made out of sugar.
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Cellulose
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Forms tangled fibers in the cell walls of many plants and provides structure and support (p.294)
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Cuticle
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Waxy, protective layer that covers the stems, leaves, and flowers of many plants and helps prevent water loss (p.294)
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Dicot
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Angiosperm with 2 cotyledons inside its seed, flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5 and vascular bundles in rings (p.310)
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Guard Cell
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Pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their openings and closings (p.305).
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Gymnosperm
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Vascular plants that do not flower, generally have needlelike or scalelike leaves and produce seeds that are not protected by fruit (p.308)
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Gymnosperm
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Conifers, cycads, ginkgoes and gnetophytes (p.308).
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Monocot
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Angiosperm with one cotyledon inside its seed (p.310).
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Nonvascular Plant
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Plant that absorbs water and other substances directly through its cell walls instead of through tubelike structures (p.297).
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Phloem
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Vascular tissue that forms tubes that transport dissolved sugar throughout a plant (p.307).
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Pioneer Species
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A group of hardy organisms, such as lichens, found i the primary stage of succession and that begin an area's soil building processes.
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Rhizoid
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Threadlike structures that anchor nonvascular plants to the ground (p.298).
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Stomata
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Tiny openings in a plants epidermis through which carbon dioxide and water vapor gases enter and leave a leaf.
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