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Vascular Cambium: The tallest people in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:00:29 UTC

The main purpose of the vascular cambium is to encourage the growth of plants by providing non-specialized stem cells

Europe: Plant Anatomy

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:04:18 UTC

Apical and lateral tissues: The tallest building in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:14:13 UTC

Apical and lateral tissue are responsible for growth in a plant. The former specializes in growth up/tall it is found at the roots and shoot tips, the latter is responsible for secondary growth (wide).

Vascular Tissue: Biggest highway In Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:35:27 UTC

Vascular tissue is the transport system of a plant (like a highway). It is compromised of the xylem and phloem (known as the vascular bundle)

Ground Tissue: Largest city

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:44:33 UTC

Ground tissue takes up most of the space in the inside of a plant (hence biggest city) it is composed of parenchyma, sclerenchyma, and collenchyma tissues

Dermal Tissue: Biggest wall in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 01:48:36 UTC

Dermal tissue is the outer layer of a plant. It protects the plant from damage like a wall, and keeps it hydrated. It consists of the epidermal cells, which form a waxy layer known as the cuticle, and stomata, pairs of cells that act as gates for air and moisture to move in and out.

Parenchyma: Biggest natural gas field in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 02:06:44 UTC

The parenchyma tissue is a thin type of tissue that is mostly used for storage of nutrients and water (like a gas field)

Sclerenchyma: Largest cement company in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-13 02:12:29 UTC

The sclerenchyma is a tissue made up of cells with thicks cell walls, it is used for support like cement

Collenchyma: Biggest rubber factory in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 00:46:25 UTC

Collenchyma is a tissue like rubber that provides support and strength but is also flexible, allowing plants to bend but not break

Chloroplast: Biggest solar farm in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 00:51:26 UTC

Chloroplasts are organelles that through photosynthesis, use the energy from the sun and convert it to chemical energy

Blade: Largest solar panel factory in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 00:57:25 UTC

The blade is the wide, thin part of a leaf that is distinct from the petiole. It is used for photosynthesis like a solar panel

Petiole: Europe's largest land bridge

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 01:02:41 UTC

The petiole is the small stalk that connects the leaf to the stem, it is like a bridge connecting the two things

Simple Leaf: The Lake District

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 01:07:09 UTC

A simple leaf is a leaf blade that is one piece like a single lake

Compound Leaf: Europe's largest river

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 01:09:34 UTC

A compound leaf is a leaf that has one stem and multiple leaflets on that stem. It is like a river that has many bodies of water off of it

Cuticle: Europe's longest covered bridge

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 01:13:25 UTC

The cuticle is a film that protects the outside of the leaf

Spongy Mesophyll: Europe's largest cotton producer

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 01:20:00 UTC

The spongy mesophyll is a layer of loosely packed cells below the palisade mesophyll

Herbaceous Stem:: Europe's largest flower garden

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:07:48 UTC

A herbaceous stem is a plant that is soft and flexible, they are usually green and die in the winter, annual flowers and vegetables have herbaceous stems

Woody stem: Biggest tree in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:11:38 UTC

A woody stem is a stem that is hard and produces wood. these plants grow bigger than herbaceous plants because they don't die in the winter but stay alive above ground

Monocot: Biggest Corn maze in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:18:08 UTC

Monocots are grass and grasslike plants that have flowers, and one embryonic leaf, examples are corn, wheat and grasses

Dicot: Best sunflower fields in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:21:38 UTC

A dicot is a flowering plant that has two embryonic leaves, examples are sunflowers, deciduous trees, and beans

Periderm: The largest armour provider in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:28:04 UTC

The periderm is a protective outer tissue on some pants (mostly on woody plants) that functions like armour to protect the tree

Cork Cambium: Where cork oaks grow in Europe

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:37:29 UTC

The cork cambium is a kind of lateral meristematic tissue in plants with woody stems, responsible for the growing of the hard outer coating, like bark, the cells in the cork cambium on a cork oak are used to form cork for wine stoppers

Plant Transport: North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:48:55 UTC

Plant Transport: North America

Xylem: Biggest pipeline in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:52:41 UTC

The xylem is a vascular tissue that transports water and nutrients from the roots throughout the plants like a pipeline bringing oil around a country

Phloem: Busiest highway in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 16:57:36 UTC

The phloem is a vascular tissue that transports food materials to the growing parts of a plant, it is like a highway through the plant

Transpiration: Biggest steam train in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 17:08:48 UTC

Transpiration is the movement and evaporation of water in a plant, it helps move water to the upper parts of the plants

Vascular Cylinder: Biggest railway in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 18:23:56 UTC

The vascular cylinder is the bundle of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) where water, food, and nutrients are transported throughout the plant

Turgor Pressure: Largest hot air balloon in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 18:33:50 UTC

Turgor Pressure is the pressure exerted on the walls of a cell, this pressure keeps the cell walls rigid, like air in a hot air balloon

Adhesion: The strongest magnet

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-14 18:49:14 UTC

Adhesion in plants allows water to stick to their organic tissues like sticking to their leaves, it is when water is magnetized towards other subtastances

Cohesion: Biggest lake in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:16:44 UTC

Cohesion is where water molecules stick together this helps with the transport of water in a plant

Tracheids: Longest tube waterslide in Canada

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:23:06 UTC

The tracheid is a tube shaped cell (like a tube water slide) in the xylem that provides support and helps with transport of water

Sieve Cells: Biggest silo in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:29:52 UTC

Sieve cells are tube like cells in the phloem that help with food transport like an auger moving food

Palisade Mesophyll: America's stonehenge

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:33:24 UTC

The palisade mesophyll is a layer of cells that contain lots of chloroplasts and is a main site of photosynthesis, the cells look like standing stones

Root hair: Biggest subway system in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:41:17 UTC

The root hairs in a plant are hair like extensions on the roots of a plant that increase the surface of a root and help absorb water and nutrients

Epidermis: Biggest canopy walkway in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:53:43 UTC

The epidermis is a protective layer over the plant, it helps protect the plant from infection and other harm and prevents water loss, like a canopy over a forest

Endodermis: St Lawrence lock system

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 00:59:10 UTC

The endodermis in a plant is a layer of cells that separate the inner and outer layer of a plant and regulates the flow of water and ions like a lock in a river

Casparian Strip: Biggest fountain in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 01:06:20 UTC

The casparian strip is a waterproof band like a fountain, that helps with transport by forcing nutrients along

Translocation: The busiest airport in North America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 01:19:53 UTC

Translocation is the movement of nutrients like sugars to other parts of the plants like an airport moving people throughout a country

Root Pressure: Best fire hose manufacturer in north America (Snap-tite hose)

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 01:24:50 UTC

Root pressure is the force in the roots that forces sap to rise to the higher parts of a plant like a hose

South America: Plant Growth Regulators and Community

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 01:27:11 UTC

Tropism: Best sunflower field in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:04:33 UTC

Tropism is when a plant moves or grows in another direction due to some factor such as sunflowers moving to face the sun to receive sunlight

Phototropism: The leaning towers of Santos

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:08:37 UTC

Phototropism is a plant that changes its direction to face sunlight or a light source making them lean to one side or another

Gravitropism: Izamal Pyramid

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:16:12 UTC

Gravitropism is the growth of a plant when faced with a different gravitational force, like how a tree on a pyramid will not grow diagonal but rather straight up

Thigmotropism: Mimosa Pudica

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:26:11 UTC

Thigmotropism is the growth of a plant when affected by the touch of something like a wall or fence, or in some cases like mimosa pudica where if you touch it it shrinks away, mimosa pudica is native to South and Central America

Gibberellins: Tallest trees in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:34:11 UTC

Gibberellins are plant growth regulators that helps plants grow taller

Cytokinins: Amazon Rainforest

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:39:49 UTC

Cytokinins are a hormone in plants that promotes cell division and regulate the cell cycle, helping plants be diverse and thrive

Ethylene: Best leaf colour changes in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:43:10 UTC

Ethylene is a hormone in plants that regulates growth and senescence, it can also have affects such as colour change in leaves, when a leaf has more ethylene change colour showing senescense

Abscisic Acid: Biggest cactuses in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 02:54:37 UTC

Abscisic acid is a regulating hormone that can help a plant survive in drought (like a cactus) by inhibiting growth, it also regulates flowering time

Succession: Most diverse orchid population

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:00:24 UTC

Succession is the natural change and evolution of a plant over time, an example in plants are orchids which are the most evolved plant with up to 30,000 species

Primary Succession: Biggest volcanic eruption in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:04:24 UTC

Primary succession is when plants inhabit a new patch of untouched land, like after a volcano eruption where the lava kills all other plants, after this plants start primary succession adapting to the untouched environment

Secondary Succession: Biggest forest fire in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:09:03 UTC

Secondary succession is when a is when a plant is affected by something like a fire and has to restart growing, but it is not completely untouched like in primary succession because nutrients and the soil are still present

Pioneer Species: Lava Cactus

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:12:44 UTC

A pioneer species is a species that starts again in primary succession, where such as after a lava spill an untouched piece of land is ready to be repopulated. Lava cactus' in Galapagos are often a pioneer plant after a lava spill

Stable Community: Oldest tree in South America

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:20:17 UTC

A stable community is an ecosystem of plants that remains constant and stable over time, not much change occurs and the ecosystem grows old

Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:23:29 UTC

An ecosystem is a community of organisms that compliment each other in the sense that the community stays in harmony, they all regulate each other. An example is the Amazon rainforest which is the largest, most diverse and possibly oldest ecosystem

Africa: Plant Reproduction

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:27:45 UTC

Asexual Reproduction:

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:40:51 UTC

Asexual reproduction is where a plant produces offspring by itself so the offspring is genetically identical to the parent, South Africa has many asexual species such as some bees there, acacia trees, etc.

Stolon: Biggest strawberry farm in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:45:18 UTC

Stolons (also called runners) are stems that grow along the ground that grow roots, strawberries are best know for having stolons

Corms: Largest silo complex in the Southern Hemisphere

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:52:17 UTC

A corm is an underground plant stem used as a storage organ, like a silo, but underground, it can help a plant survive the winter

Grafting: Oldest olive tree

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 03:57:12 UTC

Grafting is when two plants are joined by their tissues so they can grow together, this is common in olive trees and vines

Scion: Best vineyard in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 04:01:35 UTC

A scion is a bud or shoot that is detached from its original plant and will be joined to another plant by grafting. This is common in vineyards

Stalk: Tallest tower in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 04:14:10 UTC

The stalk on a plant is one of two structural parts (the other being the roots) and it supports the leaves flowers and fruits, it is like the slim part of a skyscraper holding up the wide part on top

Angiosperm: Biggest baobab tree in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:02:10 UTC

An angiosperm is a plant that makes flowers, and their seeds are inside of fruit, an example is a baobab tree the oldest living angiosperm

Gymnosperm: Biggest welwitschia plant

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:08:38 UTC

A gymnosperm is a plant that produces their seeds exposed, such as welwitschia cones

Seed: Biggest seeds in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:12:15 UTC

A seed is a flowering plants way of reproducing, it is their offspring, the biggest seeds are from coco de mer palm trees

Endosperm: Biggest wheat producing country in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:17:06 UTC

An endosperm is part of a seed in a plant, it acts a s storage for the plant's embryo, an example is wheat, where the endosperm is ground into flour

Microspore: Smallest animal in Africa: Antlions

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:26:18 UTC

A microspore is one of two kinds of spores from a plant, it is the smaller one and becomes a male gametophyte

Megaspores: Biggest animal in Africa: Elephants

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:28:31 UTC

Megaspores are one of two kinds of spores in a plant, they are the larger ones and become female gemtophytes

Gametophyte: Biggest game reserve in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:37:12 UTC

A gametophyte is the reproductive stage in plants that comes from spores. Male gametophytes come from microspores and female ones from megaspores. Male and female gametes then unite during fertilization and form a zygote

Pollen Grain: Most pollen rich trees in Africa: Cypress

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:42:01 UTC

Pollen grain are small cells and are part of the male part of a plant (microspores) that become male gametophytes

Cross Pollination: Windiest city in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:45:47 UTC

Cross pollination is when pollen from one plant pollinates another plant, naturally this occurs due to wind, but is also used by gardeners and farmers

Pollen Tube: Most bamboo in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 14:56:27 UTC

The pollen tube is a hollow tube (like bamboo) that is formed by pollen on the stigma of a flower

Zygote: Biggest eggs in the world: Ostrich eggs

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 15:30:46 UTC

A zygote is a fertilized egg formed from male and female gametophytes

Sporophyte: Biggest rock in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 15:45:41 UTC

Sporophyte is a stage in a plant where it is non sexual (like a rock) and produces spores

Stamen: Djibouti Towers

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:01:45 UTC

The stamen is the male sex organ on a flower, it is long and thin and consists of a filament and an anther and looks like a bent skyscraper

Anther: Hydnora Africana

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:07:31 UTC

An anther is pat of the stamen on a plant, it is a sac attached to the filament that has pollen in it, Hydnora Africana plants have the biggest anthers in Africa

Filament: Longwave transmitter

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:11:48 UTC

The filament is another part of the stamen on a flower, it is the long thin part (looks like cell tower) and the anther is at the end of it

Carpel: Biggest caves in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:21:59 UTC

The carpel is the innermost part of a flower the the ovaries are inside of it, it is like a cave inside of the flower hiding the seeds

Stigma: Tallest peak in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:24:43 UTC

The stigma is the tip of the carpel like a peak on the flower, it is part of the female sex organs and attracts pollen grains

Style: Tallest tree in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:27:39 UTC

The style is part of the female sex organs on a flower, it is a long tube structure (like a tree) that connects the ovaries and the stigma

Ovary: Biggest stalagmites in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:31:22 UTC

The ovary is part of the female se organs, it will become a fruit and will have the seeds inside on angiosperms, it looks like a stalagmite inside the carpel

Petal: Biggest flower fields in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:35:15 UTC

The petal is the part of the flower that is often brightly coloured and it produces pollen, they often surround the sex organs

Embryo: Biggest seed bank in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:40:32 UTC

The embryo in a plant is the part of a seed that has the plant structures like the roots, stem and leaves in it

Pericarp: Biggest gated community in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:44:54 UTC

The pericarp is the skin/coat on fruit. it protects the seeds inside the fruit (like a wall) and consists of two layers

Fruit: Biggest fresh fruit market in Africa

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:47:22 UTC

Fruit is the matured ovaries of a flower, it is often sweet and can be eaten as food, it also contains seeds

Self Pollination: Orchids

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 16:52:16 UTC

Self pollination is pollination of a plant by its own pollen, it is not asexual, it can be seen in many plants such as orchids

Cortex: Biggest Warehouse in the world

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 17:04:19 UTC

The cortex is a layer of tissue between the epidermis and vascular tissues, the cells are unspecialized but its main function is storage of nutrients, like a warehouse

Companion Cells: Secret service

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 17:08:53 UTC

Companion cells are a type of cell that follow and help regulate sieve cells (like the secret service with the President), they are found in the phloem

Auxin: Giant Sequoia

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 17:12:51 UTC

Auxin is a hormone in plants that regulates and promotes cell division, and growth, they are found in the roots and shoot tips

References

tljafelskie342 — 2023-12-15 17:14:37 UTC

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