Stems

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

4 major plant parts

Back (Answer)

roots, stem, leaf, flowers

Front (Question)

function of stem

Back (Answer)

physical support, transportation of nutrients, store food reserves, site of photosynthesis

Front (Question)

what stems are photosynthetic

Back (Answer)

green

Front (Question)

Herbaceous

Back (Answer)

rely on water pressure, known as turgor.

Front (Question)

woody

Back (Answer)

Rigid, or woody, stems derive their strength from extra thick cell walls. The specific material which comprises the rigid cell walls is called hemicellulose and lignin.

Front (Question)

bulbs

Back (Answer)

onion, garlic, tulip

Front (Question)

rhizomes

Back (Answer)

ginger

Front (Question)

corms

Back (Answer)

begonias

Front (Question)

runners

Back (Answer)

strawberry

#10

Front (Question)

tubers

Back (Answer)

potato

#11

Front (Question)

apical bud

Back (Answer)

tip of stem

#12

Front (Question)

vascular bundle scar

Back (Answer)

circles inside of leaf scar

#13

Front (Question)

lateral bud

Back (Answer)

bud on side of stem

#14

Front (Question)

leaf scar

Back (Answer)

where leaf petiole was connected to branch

#15

Front (Question)

node

Back (Answer)

where plant begins new growth

#16

Front (Question)

internode

Back (Answer)

space between 2 nodes

#17

Front (Question)

bud scale scar

Back (Answer)

scar after bud falls of

#18

Front (Question)

xylem

Back (Answer)

transports swater

#19

Front (Question)

phloem

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transports sugar

#20

Front (Question)

annual ring

Back (Answer)

rings of xylem that tell how old the plant is

#21

Front (Question)

bark

Back (Answer)

epidermis

#22

Front (Question)

Back (Answer)

#23

Front (Question)

pith

Back (Answer)

center of woody stem

#24

Front (Question)

cambium

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