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Chapter 12
Plant Structure and Growth
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Agriculture
9th Grade
11/13/2010

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Term
Growing Season
Definition
The period after the last frost in the spring and before the first frost in the fall.
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Irrigation
Definition
The artificial application of water to meet plant growth needs.
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Photoperiod
Definition
The length of the light period in a day.
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Life Cycle
Definition
The sequence of changes the plant goes through from its inception to reproductive maturity.
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Annual
Definition
A plant species that completes its life cycle in one growing season.
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Biennial
Definition
A plant that lives two seasons.
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Perennial
Definition
A plant that lives for more that two seasons.
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Leaf
Definition
An organ on a plant stem that is usually green.
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Blade
Definition
The part of a leaf that is large and flat, and is where photosynthesis usually occurs.
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Veins
Definition
The part of a leaf that distributes water.
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Epidermis
Definition
The outer surface of a leaf.
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Stomata
Definition
Tiny holes or openings in the stomata.
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Venation
Definition
The arrangement of veins.
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Internal Cells
Definition
Various kinds of spongy and tall cells that fill the space between the two layers of the epidermis and veins.
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Petiole
Definition
The part of a leaf that attatches it to the plant.
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Stipule
Definition
Structure that may grow where the petiole joins the stem.
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Simple leaf
Definition
A leaf with only one blade.
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Compound Leaf
Definition
A leaf divided into two or more leaflets.
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Alternate
Definition
A pattern of leaf attachment where one leaf is located at each node on a stem.
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Opposite
Definition
A pattern of leaf attachment where two leaves are attached at a node opposite each other.
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Whorled
Definition
A pattern of leaf attachment where three or more leaves are attached at each node.
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Stem
Definition
The structure that supports the leaves.
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Aerial Stem
Definition
A stem that grows above the ground.
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Subterranean Stem
Definition
A stem that grows below the ground.
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Tuber
Definition
An enlarged underground stem.
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Bulb
Definition
An underground stem that has layers resembling leaves.
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Corm
Definition
An underground stem that is similar to a bulb, but that has thinner leaves and a thicker stem.
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Rhizome
Definition
A long underground stem that sends up shoots to start new plants.
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Woody Stem
Definition
A stem with a woody tissue known as xylem.
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Herbaceous Stem
Definition
A nonwoody stem that is soft and green and that contains only a small amount of xylem.
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Bark
Definition
The outer skin that protects the stem from injury and holds is together.
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Cortex
Definition
The primary tissue in a stem.
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Phloem
Definition
Transports sugar throughout a plant.
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Cambium
Definition
Where growth occurs in a woody stem.
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Xylem
Definition
The part of a woody stem that conducts absorbed water and other substance from the roots to the leaves for food production.
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Pith
Definition
The middle part of a stem that stores moisture and food.
Term
Root
Definition
The part of a plant that usually grows underground.
Term
Taproot
Definition
One large root that grows downward.
Term
Fibrous root system
Definition
Made of many small roots that spread out in the soil.
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Primary Root
Definition
The first root to grow from the seed.
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Secondary roots
Definition
Roots that branch from the primary root.
Term
Root hair
Definition
A small, hairlike growth that helps anchor a root.
Term
Root Cap
Definition
The tip of a root that protects the root as it grows into the soil.
Term
Osmosis
Definition
The movement of liquid from a greater concentration to a lesser concentration.
Term
Transpiration
Definition
The process of the leaves of a plant giving off water.
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Tropism
Definition
Plant movement.
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Phototropism
Definition
The growth or turning of a plant in the direction of light.
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Geotropism
Definition
The downward growth of roots.
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Thigmotropism
Definition
The growth of plants over and around solid objects.
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Lodge
Definition
A plant falling over.
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