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Bio CH6
Biology CH6 Plants
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chlorophyll | a chemical that gives plants their green color and traps light energy |
| conifer | a plant that produces seeds in cones |
| egg | a female reproductive cell |
| embryo | an organism in its earliest stages of growth |
| fern | a vascular plant that reproduces with spores |
| fertilization | the joining of the egg and the sperm |
| flower | the reproductive part of a flowering plant |
| flowering plant | a vascular plant that produces seeds inside a flower |
| moss | a small, nonvascular plant that has both stems and leaves but no roots |
| nonvascular plant | plants that don’t have tube-like cells in their stems and leaves |
| phloem | cells that carry food that is made in the leaves to all parts of the plant |
| photosynthesis | the process in which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun to make food |
| pollen | the tiny yellow grains of seed plants in which sperm develop |
| seed | a part of a plant that contains a new, young plant and stored food |
| sexual reproduction | the forming of a new organism by the union of two reproductive cells |
| sperm | a male reproductive cell |
| vascular plant | plants that have tube-like cells in their roots, stems, and leaves to carry food and water |
| xylem | cells that carry water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves |