Glossary
This is a list of all the bolded words in the informative text on this interactive web resource.
Angiosperms: The word Angiosperms means "hidden seeds". Angiosperms trees' seeds are hidden inside the cone or fruit and are not visiable.
Cotyedon: Is part of the embryo within the seed of a plant.
Cuticle: Is a waxy, non-living that is outside the epidermis layer of a leaf that makes it waterproof. Not only does the cuticle stop water from passing through epidermis cells it also stops gases.
Dicots: Have two cotyledons. The veins of the vascular tissue are in a branched fromation. The vascular bundles appear in a circle around the edges of a stem. The flowers appear in multiples of four or five.
Epidermis: Is an outer layer of living tissue on all types of leaves. It's purpose is to protect the inner tissue of a leaf from fungi and bacteria. The epidermis is not fully waterproof.
Guard cells: This cells are found beside stomata. Two guard cells work with on stoma. The guard cell manipulate the stoma's size by either pushing or releasing the stoma. This all less or more gases to pass through the stomata.
Gymnosperms: The word Gymnosperems means "naked seeds". Gymnosperems seeds are visiable from the outside of the cone or fruit of the tree. No cutting or breaking is nessisary to see the tree's seeds.
Monocots: Have only one cotyledon. The veins of the vascular tissue run parallel to each other. The vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem. The flowers appear in multiples of three.
Osmosis: Is the movement of water from a greater concentration to a lesser concentration.
Phloem: Speical living cells that allows for the movement of nutrients in plants.
Photosynthesis: Is the process in which plants turn sunlight energy and carbon dioxide into food for the tree and oxygen.
Stoma(ta): Pure like openings located on leaves that allow gases to pass into the leaves of plants.
Sucrose: A simple carbohydrate that plants make during the process of photosynthesis which will later be turned into a starch.
Trancheids: Special non-living cells that allows for the movement of water in plants.
Translocation: The movement of nutrients in a plant.
Vascular bundles: are groupings of vascular tissue (which is made up of xylem and phloem).
Vascular system: The network within plants that transports water and nutrients to all areas of a plant. This system is made up of vascular tissue.
Vascular tissue: This is a specialized tissue that is allows for the movement of water and nutrients in plants. It is made up of xylem and phloem.
Vessel element: Special non-living cells that allows for the movement of water in plants.
Xylem: T Part of the vascular tissue and made up of vessel elements and trancheids. It is the tissue in which water travels in plants.
