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Plant Vocabulary

Published on Apr 05, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Plant Vocabulary

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

A reproductive process that involves only on parent.

BULDS

Underground stem that stores food but that can produce a new plant
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FERTILIZATION

The process in which a sperm pollen and egg ovule produce an embryo.
Photo by Mohamed Malik

NON VASCULAR PLANTS

Plants that do not have a well-developed system for transporting nutrients.
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POLLINATION

The transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil of flowers. 
Photo by Bradley Wells

Roots

Can form suckers which produce new plants

Stem cuttings

Asexual reproduction in which stems are replanted in the ground

Tubers

Underground stem that stores food (potatoes)

ROOTS

Photo by Aaron Escobar

STEM CUTTINGS

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TUBERS

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Runners

Stems that run along the ground (strawberry)

Thigmotropism

Response to touch

Gravitropism

Response toward gravity (up or down)

Hydrotropism

Response toward water

Phototropism

Response toward sunlight

Dormancy

Period of no growth

Fungi

A kingdom which grows/ decomposes (breaks down) other things

Stimulus

Thing that causes the plant to respond