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Ch 3 L2
Classifying plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular Plants | A low-growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue |
| Rhizoid | A thin, rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients for the plant |
| Vascular Plants | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Phloem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants |
| Xylem | The vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants |
| Frond | The leaf of a fern plant |
| Pollen | Tiny structure (male gametophyte) produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes a sperm cell |
| Seed | The plant structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering |
| Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds directly on the scales of cones-not enclosed by a protective fruit |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |