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Chapter 9
Chapter 9 study cards
Question | Answer |
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Cuticle | a waxy, protective layer secreted by cells onto the surface of plants |
Cellulose | a chemical compound that plants can make out of sugar |
Vascular Plants | have tubelike structures that carry water, nutrients, and other substances throughout the plant |
Nonvascular Plants | do not have tubelike structures and use other ways to move water and other substances |
Rhizoids | Instead of roots,threadlike called rhizoids anchor them where they go |
Pioneer species | other organisms that are the first to grow in new or disturbed areas |
Fern | Largest group of seedless vascular plants |
Mosses | Nonvascular plants |