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Ch. 23 Vocabb
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A waxy layer that covers the nonwoody above ground parts of most plants. | Cuticle |
| Pores called stomata permit plants to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide | Stoma |
| A pair of specialized cells called guard cells border each stoma. | guard cell |
| the larger, more complex plants have a vascular system, a system of well developed vascular tissues that distribute materials more efficiently | vascular system |
| a realively small plant that does not have a vascular system. | non vascular plants |
| Plants that have a vascular system | Vascular plants |
| a structure that contains the embryo of a plant. | seed |
| an embryo is an early stage in the developmentof plants and animals | Embryo |
| vascular plants that produce seeds | seed plants |
| A reproductive structure that produces pollen and seeds | flower |
| Relatively soft wealled cells transport organic nutrients in a kind of tissue called phloem | phloem |
| XylemHard walled cells transport water and mineral nutrients in a kind of tiussue called xylem. | Xylem. |
| the part of a plants body that grows mostly upward is called the shoot. | Shoot |
| In most plants the part of the body that grows downward. | Root |
| Zones of activity dividing plants cells called meristems | Meristem |
| ANchors the gamophtes on the surface on which they grow | Rhizoid |
| another early seedless vascular plant,also had the underground stems or rhizomes. | Rhizomes |
| most fern sporophytes have a rhizome that is anchored by roots and leaves. | fronds |
| clusters of nongreen spore bearing leaves form a structurecalled a cone. | cone |
| plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container | Gymnosperm |
| Produces seeds that develop enclosed within a specialized structre called a fruit | Angiosperm |
| seeds that develop enclosed within a specialized structure called a fruit. | Fruit |
| the seeds of angiosperm have a supply of stored food called endosperm | Endosperm |
| Flowering plants that produce seeds with one seed leaf. | monocots |
| flowering plants that produce seeds with two seed leaves. | dicots |
| any non reproductive part of a plant | Vegative Part |
| Grasses that are grown as food for humans and livestock | Cereal |
| Cereal grasses produce large numbers of a type of edible dry fruit called grain. | grain |