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1
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Sony mesophyll

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Containing irregular cells bounded by air spaces

2
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Mesophyll

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Contains many chloroplasts

In eudicot leaves

3
Q

How are leaves diverse

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Can be arranged on the stem as alternate, opposite or whorled

4
Q

Tendrils

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Leaves that attach to objects

5
Q

Bulbs

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Leaves that store food

6
Q

Wood

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Secondary xylem that builds up yeast after years

7
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Primary root (taproot)

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Fleshy, long single root, that grows straight down

Stores food

8
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Fibrous root system

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Slender roots and lateral branches
Anchors plant to souls
Found in monocots

9
Q

Adventitious roots

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Roots develop from organs of the shoot system instead of the root system

10
Q

Epiphytes

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Live in or in trees, have aerial roots

11
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Stolons

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Above ground horizontal stems

Produce new plants when bodes touch the ground

12
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Rhizomes

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Underground histidine all stems

Contribute to asexual reproduction

13
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Palisade mesophyll

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Containing elongated cells

14
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Annual plants

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Live for one growing season

Produce enough vegetative structures to support flower and seed

15
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Perennial plants

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Live for three or more seasons

Vegetative structures to help sieve years

16
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Mycology

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Study of fungus