dermal tissue
Tissue that covers and protects the outside of plants and animals
ground tissue
Tissue that makes up a majority of the plant provides support and stores the materials and roots and stems
meristematic tissue
Tissue that contains undifferentiated cells from which new cells are formed, actively growing part of the plant
vascular tissue
Tissue that transports water and nutrients in the plant
Xylem
Vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients up from the roots of the rest of the plant
Phloem
Vascular tissue that carries sugars produced by photosynthesis in the leaves to the rest of the plant
root hairs
Thin hair like outgrowth of an epidermal cell of a plant that absorbs water and minerals from the soil
Stomata
Pores on the underside of a leaf through which gas exchange occurs
guard cells
One or a pair of cells that controls the opening and closing of a stoma in plant tissue
Transpiration
Release of water vapor through the pores of the cuticle or the stomata of a plant
Photosynthesis
A process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugar is that store chemical energy
Chlorophyll
Molecule in chloroplasts that absorbs some energy in visible light
Thylakoids
Stacked, coin shaped membrane enclosed compartments
Light dependent reactions
Capture energy from the sunlight
Light independent reactions
The use of energy from light dependent reactions to make sugars
cellular respiration
And aerobic process, that takes place in the mitochondria, that produces ATP by breaking down carbon-based molecules
Sepal
Modify leaves that protect the developing flower green or brightly colored
Petals
A layer just inside of sepals, modified colorful leaves that often attract animal pollinators
endosperm
A food supply for the developing plant embryo
double fertilization
1 sperm fertilizes an egg while the other makes a triploid