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chapt 8 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering. | seed |
| A vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants. | phloem |
| A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and an egg. | zygote |
| A male reproductive part of a flower. | stamen |
| A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective structure. | angiosperm |
| The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm. | cone |
| The proccess by which water is lost through a plants leaves. | transpiration |
| The inernal tranporting tissue in some plants that is made up of tubelike structures. | Vascular tissue |
| A plant that has true vascular tissue. | vascular plant |
| Tiny particals produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells. | Pollen |
| A young organism that developes from a zygote; a developing human during the first eight weeks after fertilization. | embryo |
| The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants. | xylem |
| The female reproductive part of a flower. | pistil |
| A reproductive structure of an angiosperm. | flower |
| A structure that contains an egg cell. | ovule |
| Small openings an a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. | stomata |
| A low-growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue. | nonvascular plant |
| A plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit. | gymnosperm |
| The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants. | pollination |
| A leaf like structure that endoses the bud of a flower. | sepal |
| A flower structure that encloses and protects ovules and seeds as they develop;organ of the female reproductive system in which eggs and estrogen are produced | ovary |