GENERAL BIOLOGY 2- Stems, Leaves and Allat

What is the term for the space between the nodes

Internodes

What are buds/ tiny stems that grow from the top

Apical Buds

What are the buds/ tiny stems that grow from the side

Axillary Buds

What leaf modification is in xerophytes

Spines as leaves

Why do leaves turn into spines in cacti

To lessen Photosynthesis

What is a spine

modified leaves

What is a thorn

Modified stem

What is the term for leaves that store water in leaves and are very fleshy

succulent leaves

What is the term for the leaves that increase the size of their petiole to float and only seen in aquatic plants

Swollen Petioles

What are leaves where buds grow on the leafs margin

reproductive buds

What is the leaf w the pseudostem where the leaves serve as stem making the plant grow taller and that the cambium IS the petiole

Sheathy Leaf

What kind of leaf is an onion

A bulb

What are leaves that are built to protect the baby leaves during winter, and are tough overlapping and waterproof

Bud Scales

What are leaves that change color to attract pollenators by looking like petalss of a pretty flower

Bract

What is the site where gas exchange happens and removes water and looks like tiny cuts on the stem

lenticel

How can scientists differentiate stems and leaves

Only stems have nodes

What is a petiole

the part of leaf that connects the leaf blade to stem

What is the above ground structure that supports the leaves

Stem