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Ch#3B3
Lessons 1-2
Term | Definition |
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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 |