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Ch.23 Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Waxy layer that covers the nonwoody above ground parts of most plants. | Cuticle |
| Permits plants to exchange oxygen and carbom dioxide. | Stoma |
| Border each stoma. | Guard Cells |
| System of well developed vascular tissues that distribute materials more efficiently. | Vascular System |
| Small plants that have no vascular system. | Nonvascular Plants |
| Plants that have a vascular system. | Vascular Plants |
| Structure that contains the embryo of a plant. | Seed |
| Early stage in the development of plants | Embryo |
| Vascular plants that produce seeds. | Seed Plants |
| Reproductive structure that produces pollen and seeds. | Flower |
| Organic nutrients get transported here. | Phloem |
| Supports plant body. | Xylem |
| Part of a plants body that grows mostly upward. | Shoot |
| Part of a plant that grows downward. | Root |
| Produce plant growth | Meristems |
| Anchor the gametophyte to the surfaces on which they grow. | Rhizoids |
| Seedless vascular plant, have horizontal underground stems. | Rhizomes |
| Rhizome that is anchored by roots and leaves. | Fronds |
| Clusters of nongreen spore bearing leaves form a structure. | Cone |
| Seed plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container. | Gymnosperms |
| Seed plants that are flowering plants. | Angiosperms |
| Seeds from angiosperms. | Fruit |
| Stored food of angiosperms. | Endosperms |
| Flowering plants that produce seeds with one seed leaf. | Monocots |
| Flowering plants that produce seeds with two seed leaves. | Dicots |
| Any nonreproductive part of a plant. | Vegatative part |
| Grasses that are grown as food for humans and livestock. | Cereals |
| Cereal grasses produce large numbers of this type of edible, dry fruit. | Grain |