Science: How do plants grow?

annual

A plant that completes it's life cycle within a year.

Starch

Chemicals in the seed first to be broken down for energy to be used in cell division

parenchyma

Differentiated cells which take on the function of food storage

angiosperms

Flowering plant are classified as...

DNA

Is required in addition to energy to produce plant germination and development

seed

Pre-packaged miniature plant with food and covering.

Bark

That part of a woody stem, or tree, that is outside the vascular cambium....Old Phloem cells become.

wood

That part of the tree that is interior to the vascular cambium

Germination

The beginning of the development of a plant from a seed.

enzymes

The chemicals first activated in the seed that help cause other chemicals to react are called...

elongation

The first step after production by a meristem

differentiation

The maturation of a cell produced by a plant meristem "specialization"

vascular cambium

The meristematic cells which produce new cells increasing plant body girth

phloem and xylem

The vascular cambium cells differentiate into...

meristem

The youthful, undifferentiated cells of root and shoot tips.

Sequoias and Bristlecone Pines

Two ancient perennial plants.

dicot

Two seed leaves, netted leaf structure

cotyledons and endosperm

Word for the embryo comes from this...

monocotyledon

a flowering plant with seeds having one seed leaf.

dicotyledon

a flowering plant with seeds having two seed leaves.

endosperm

a flowing storage issue

entropy

a running down

cotyledon

a seed leaf

meristematic

cells that multiply and produce growth at various parts of a plant

Dicot food

cotyledons

Branch or leaf

crosswise elongation of cells within the stem will produce...

Law Of Thermodynamics

describes the universe as increasing in disorganization, degeneration, and eventual death.

Monocot food

endosperm

Law of entropy

in order for a plant to grow it must overcome this...

monocot

one seed leaf, parallel leaf structure.

Developmental morphology

the study of growth characteristics of a plant.

phloem

tissues that make up bark

xylem

tissues that make up interior wood