From 4aa58d6576e35fd47fac3c1912919e518af9b6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 10:39:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added botany flashcards using flacards package --- botany-flashcards.tex | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 botany-flashcards.tex diff --git a/botany-flashcards.tex b/botany-flashcards.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b7da3d --- /dev/null +++ b/botany-flashcards.tex @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +\documentclass[ 10pt,letterpaper,frontgrid,backgrid,]{flacards} + +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage{amsmath} +\usepackage{amsfonts} +\usepackage{amssymb} +\usepackage{graphicx} +\usepackage{lmodern} +\usepackage{tikz} + +\geometry{ + top=0.5in, + bottom=0.5in, + inner=0.75in, + outer=0.75in, +} + +\author{Kenneth John Odle} + +\begin{document} + +\pagesetup{2}{5} + +\renewcommand{\frfoot}{} +\renewcommand{\fcfoot}{\vspace{4mm}\scshape{Botany}} +\renewcommand{\cardtextstylef}{\rmfamily\Large} +\renewcommand{\cardtextstyleb}{\raggedright\rmfamily\normalsize} +\fboxsep=10pt + +%----------------- +\card{Seed}{A mature ovule.} +\card{Fruit}{A mature carpel.} +\card{Flower}{The reproductive structure of the angiosperms.} +\card{Pistil}{The female organ of the flower.} +\card{Stamen}{A modified leaf which produces pollen grains.} + +\card{Sepal}{The lowermost part of the calyx; sterile and usually green.} +\card{Petal}{One of the sterile units of the the corolla; often (but not always) colored.} +\card{Megaspore}{A spore arising by meiosis of the megasporocyte and that produces a female gametophyte.} +\card{Megasporocyte}{The megaspore mother cell that produces megaspores via meiosis.} +\card{Egg}{The female gamete.} + +%----------------- +\card{Endosperm}{A nutrient tissue produced during double fertilization of the angiosperm embryo sac and used by the developing embryo as a source of energy.} +\card{Double fertilization}{In addition to the fertilization of the egg by the sperm, secondary fertilization occurs between another sperm and one or more nuclei produced in the embryo sac.} +\card{Angiosperm}{Plants that produce their ovules \textit{inside} of a specialized container called the carpel.} +\card{Ovary}{The enlarged base of the pistil or carpel in which the ovules develop; may developed into a fruit.} +\card{Tube cell}{One of the cells resulting from germination of the microspore of gymnosperms and flowering plants.} + +\card{Stigma}{The very tip of the pistil which is receptive to pollen.} +\card{Anther}{The uppermost part of the stamen that produces pollen.} +\card{Style}{The portion of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary.} +\card{Filament}{The stalk of the stamen.} +\card{Locule}{In flowering lants, the chamber that contains the ovules of the ovary.} + +%----------------- +\card{Annual}{Plants which germinate, grow, and die in a single season.} +\card{Biannual}{Plants which germinate and grow in a single season, and then bloom and die in a second season.} +\card{Perennial}{Plants which live longer than two seasons.} +\card{Cotyledon}{An embryonic leaf within which food may or may not be stored and which may or may not become photosynthetic upon germination.} + +\renewcommand{\fcfoot}{\vspace{4mm}\scshape{Geometry}} +\renewcommand{\cardtextstyleb}{\centering\rmfamily\normalsize} + +\card{The Pythagorean Theorem}{ +$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$ \\ +\vspace{2mm} +\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.4] + \coordinate (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm); + \coordinate (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm); + \coordinate (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm); + \draw (A) -- node[above] {$c$} (B) -- node[right] {$b$} (C) -- node[below] {$b$} (A); + \draw (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm); +\end{tikzpicture} +} + + +\end{document} \ No newline at end of file