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Mrs. Marshall's Plant Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plant organ that absorbs water and dissolved minerals usually from the soil | root |
| type of plant that contains tissues of tubelike, elongated cells through which water, food, and other materials are transported | vascular plant |
| plant organ that provides structural support for growth and contains tissues for transporting materials from one part of the plant to another | stem |
| scaly plant organ that supports male or female reproductive structures | cone |
| plant organ that contains an embryo along with a food supply and is covered by a protective coat | seed |
| protective, waxy layer covering most leaves and stems | cuticle |
| leaf of ferns that can vary in length from 1 cm to 500 cm | frond |
| plant organ that grows from a stem and is usually where photosynthesis occurs | leaf |
| transfer of pollen | pollination |
| tiny grains in which sperm are formed in seed plants | pollen grains |
| 6 CO2 + 6 H2O => C6H12O6 + 6O2 | photosynthesis |
| type of plants, like mosses, that do not have specialized tube cells | nonvascular plant |
| vascular tissue that carries water and minerals up from the roots | xylem |
| food-storage organ of some plant embryos | cotyledon |
| vascular tissue that carries food down from the leaves | phloem |
| ripened ovary of a flower | fruit |
| plant that loses all its leaves at one time | deciduous |
| cells that control the opening and closing of the stomata | guard cells |
| type of plant that forms seeds in fruit | angiosperm |
| type of plant that forms spores in sori | fern |
| type of plant that forms naked seeds in cones | gymnosperm |
| small, nonvascular land plants | mosses |
| type of vascular tissue that forms annual rings in wood | xylem |
| have one seed leaf instead of two parts to the seed | monocot |
| name for vein arrangement has major veins in leaf that do not intersect | parallel |
| name for vein arrangement has a single major vein in leaf that | pinnate |
| name for vein arrangement has major veins in leaf that all meet at a single point at the base of the leaf | palmate |
| type of angiosperm with palmate leaf venation | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with parallelleaf venation | monocot |
| type of angiosperm with pinnate leaf venation | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with a single tap root | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with fibrous roots | monocot |
| type of angiosperm with stem vascular tissue arranged in rings | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with stem vasculr tissue scattered throughout the stem | monocot |
| type of angiosperm with flowers made of petals in multiples of three (3) | monocot |
| type of angiosperm with flowers made of petals in multiples of four (4) | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with flowers made of petals in multiples of five (5) | dicot |
| type of angiosperm with a life cycle that is complete in a single growing season | annual |
| type of vascular tissue making up wood | xylem |
| type of vascular tissue making up bark | phloem |
| type of plant that forms sori on the underside of fronds | fern |
| plants that do not have true roots, stems or leaves | nonvascular plants |
| plants that keep their leaves | evergreen |
| openings in leaves that allow gases to enter and leave | stomata |
| type of pressure in the inside of plant cells that keeps them firm and rigid | turgor pressure |
| colored chemical like chlorophyll | pigment |
| color of light reflected by chlorophyll | green |
| location of chlorophyll in a plant cell | chloroplasts |
| chemical used to make the cell walls of plants | cellulose |
| energy-storing chemical made during photosynthesis | glucose |
| waste product of photosynthesis | oxygen |
| main site of photosynthesis in plants | leaves |
| reproductive organ in angiosperms | flower |
| reproductive organ in gymnosperms | cone |
| gymnosperm literally means... | "naked-seed" |
| Cellulose and glucose are classified as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids or nucleic acids? | carbohydrates |
| Plants store large quantities of sugar in the form of ... | starch |
| Do mosses reproduce with spores or seeds? | spores |
| Do ferns reproduce with spores or seeds? | spores |
| Do gymnosperms reproduce with spores or seeds? | seeds |
| Do angiosperms reproduce with spores or seeds? | seeds |
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