Plants.txt

A particle of light

The different colors, or wavelengths, of light absorbed by each pigment in photosynthesis

The photosynthetic membranes in the chloroplast which are arranged in the shape of flattened

Stacks of hyaloids in plant chloroplasts

The regions between the grana

The process in which carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic compounds by the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

A form of autotrophic nutrition in which energy for synthesizing organic compounds is obtained from inorganic compounds rather than from light

A region or tissue composed of cells that undergo or are capable of repeated cell division

A meristematic tissue found in woody plants

The tissue that conducts water and minerals from the roots upward through the plant and helps to support the plant

The tissue that conducts food and other dissolved materials throughout the body of a vascular plant

Hair like extensions of root epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption

The openings in the epidermis of leaves that allow the exchange of respiratory gases between the internal tissues of the leaf and the atmosphere

The center of a herbaceous dicot system, made up of parenchyma cells

Pairs of specialized epidermal cells that regulate the opening and closing of the stomates, found in leaves

The evaporation of water vapor from plant surfaces

The osmotic pressure in the xylem of a root

The hormones that affect the growth of all types of plant tissues

The hormones that affect plant growth as well as the development of fruits and seeds

A growth response in a plant caused by a stimulus that comes from one direction