Vocabulary for Exploring Creation With Biology

Alternation of generations - A lifecycle in which sexual reproduction gives rise to asexual reproduction, which in turn gives rise to sexual reproduction (467)
Annual plants - Plants that live for only one year (445)
Biennial plants - Plants that live for a year, lay dormant for a year, and then live and grow for one more year (445)
Botany-The study of plants (445)
Cotyledon - A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant. (471)
Deciduous (duh sid' you us) plant - A plant that loses its leaves before winter (457)
Dominant generation - In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the lifecycle (468)
Girdling - The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk (464)
Leaf margin - The characteristics of the leaf edge (448)
Leaf mosaic - The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant (448)
Perennial plants - Plants that grow year after year (445)
Phloem-Vascular tissue that carries substances downward in a plant (446)
Pollen -A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants (470)
Reproductive plant organs - The flowers, fruits, and seeds of a plant (446)
Undifferentiated cells - Cells that have not specialized in any particular function (446)
Vegetative organs - The stems, roots, and leaves of a plant (446)
Xylem - A vascular tissue that carries substances upward in a plant (446)

End of module 14

Vocabulary posted with permission from Dr. Jay L. Wile.
This vocabulary is from the homeschool curriculum, Exploring Creation with Biology by By Dr. Jay L. Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell