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Ch#3B3
Lessons 1-2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| clorophyll | a green photosynesetic pigment found in the cloroplasts of plants algae and some bacteria |
| photosynthesis | the process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water |
| tissue | a group of similar cells that preform the same function |
| cloropast | an organelle in the cells of plants and some bacteria |
| vacuole | a sac like organelle that stores water food and other materials |
| cuticle | the waxy waterproof layer that covered the leaves and stems of most plants |
| vascular tissue | a sac like organelle that stores water food and other materials |
| nonvascular plant | a low growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| rhizoid | a thin root like structure that anchorsa moss and absorbed water and nutriens for the plant |
| vascular plant | a plant that has vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| phloem | the vascular tissue thought which food moves in some plants |
| gymnosperm | a plan that produces directly on the scales of cones not enclosed by a protective fruit |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |
| cotyledon | a leaf produced by an embrio of a seed that stores food |
| monocot | an engiosperm that has only one seed leaf |
| dicot | an angiosperm that has two seed leaves |
| xylem | the vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants |
| fond | the leaf of a fern plant |
| pollen | tiny structure male genophyte produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes the sperm cell |
| seed | the plant structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering |