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| Vascular- | -plants with tube-like structures that transport water and nutrients.
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| Nonvascular- | -plants that lack structures that transport water and nutrients.
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| Some info on Non vascular plants... | -Grow in moist places and absorb water and nutrients through leaves.
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| Is a moss vascular of non vascular? | -It is a non vascular plant.
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| How and where do mosses grow? | -Grow in groups and spread out over large areas.
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| Mosses don't have _____. | - They don't have true roots.
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| Helpful things about mosses are... | -They prevent erosion, and are used for medicine, cooking, and heating.
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| How thick are mosses leaves? | -1 cell thick leaves.
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| Is a liverwort Vascular or non vascular? | -It is Non vascular.
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| How are liverworts different than Mosses? | -Liverworts have a different arrangement of leaves than mosses.
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| What plant's leaf resembles a liver? | -A liverwort.
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| Vascular plants have what? | -They have Vascular systems that strengthen and support the plant and transport water and nutrients.
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| What are the two types of Vascular plants? | -The two types are seedless and seed-bearing.
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| What are Horsetails? | -They are Vascular plants.
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| What kind of Vascular plant is a Horsetail? | -It is a seedless vascular plant.
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| Horsetails have underground _____ called _____. | -They have underground stems called Rhizomes.
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| Some Horsetails have what? | -Needle-like branches that grow in a circle around each joint on the rhizome.
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| Horsetails produce their own ____ in what? | -They produce their own food in stems and branches; not in the leaves.
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| Is a club moss vascular or nonvascular? | -They are Vascular.
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| What kind of vascular plant is Club moss? | -Seedless Vascular plants.
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| What are club mosses nickname? | -It is Ground Pines.
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| Ferns are Vascular or non vascular? | -They are Vascular plants.
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| Ferns are what kind of vascular plant? | -Seedless vascular plants.
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| Most Ferns need what? | -Most need moisture.
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| Ferns grow from what? | -They grow from rhizomes.
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| Frond- | -A leafy branch.
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| Fiddle-head- | -Coiled up frond that is just beginning to grow.
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| Gymnosperm- | -Does not have flowers and usually produces its seed inside a cone with only a seed coat for a protective coating.
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| Is a Gymnosperm a Vascualar or nonvascular plant? | -It is a Vascular plant.
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| What type of vascular plant is a gymnosperm? | -A seed bearing vascular plant.
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| What are the 4 types of gymnosperms? | -Cycads,Ginkoes, Gnetophytes,Conifer.
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| What is a cycad? | -A seed bearing vascular plant that is a type of gymnosperm.
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| Cycads are often mistaken for what? | -They are mistaken for palm trees.
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| Cycads produce pollen in what? | -They produce pollen in a cone.
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| Cycads trunks can be what? | -Their trunks can be above or below the ground.
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| Ginkoes have what kind of leaves? | -They have flat, fan-shaped leaves that turn yellow before it falls off in autumn.
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| What can Ginkoes tolerate? | -They can tolerate air pollution.
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| Ginkoes are also very resistant to what? | -They are very resistant to pest and disease.
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| Ginkoes leaves are used for ____ and ____. | -They are used for medicine and teas.
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| Where can Gnetophytes be found? | -They can be found in the desert.
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| Gnetophytes cones resemble what? | -The cones resemble a flower.
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| What kind of leaves do conifers have? | -They have needle-like or scale-like leaves.
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| Most conifers do what? | -Most of them are evergreen that grow their food year around.
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| Conifers can live in what kind of climate? | -They can live in cold climates.
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| There are 3 families of conifers... | -Pine trees, furs, and Spruces.
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| Angiosperms- | -Have flowers and protects seeds inside a fruit.
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| Angiosperms usually have what? | -They usually have wide,flat leaves.
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| 3 types of angiosperms are... | -Annuals, Biannuals, and Perennials.
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| Annuals- | -Lives only one growing season(flower,produce seeds, then die)
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| Biannuals- | -Needs two growing seasons to fully develop (first season it produces leaves, second season it flowers-produces seeds-die.)
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| Perennials- | -Lives 3 or more seasons (produces seeds year after year)
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| Angiosperms are used for.... | -Food, coffie, cocoa, softdrinks, medicines, rubber, cork, rope, and chewing gum.
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| Angiosperms are classified by what? | -They are classified by seed structure.
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| Cotyledons- | -Tiny seed leaves that store food for the seed.
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| Cotyledons are classified into 2 parts which are... | -Dicotyledons, and monocotyledons.
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| Dicotyledon-"Dicot"- | -2 cotyledons.
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| Dicots vascular bundle is arranged in a _____. | - It is arranged in a circular pattern.
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| Dicots have what? | -Woody stems, and Broad flat leaves.
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| Tap root- | -One thick, long root that grows straight down into the soil.
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| What kind of root does a dicot have? | -A tap root.
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| Dicot's stems do what? | -They grow thicker each year.
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| Dicot's flowers have __-__ petals or multiples of __-___. | -They have 4-5 petals or multiples of 4-5.
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| Monocotyledon-"monocot"- | -1 cotyledon.
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| Monocots do not do what? | -There stems don't grow thicker each year.
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| Monocots have what kind of leaves with what kind of veins? | -They have long narrow leaves and parallel veins.
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| Moncots are mostly what? | -They are mostly grass.
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| Monocots have what kind of roots? | -Many tiny roots.
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| Monocots flowers have __ petals or multiples of __. | -They have 3 petals or multiples of 3.
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| Monocots vascular bundle is what? | -Their vascular bundle is scattered.
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