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Chapter 3.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plants | Low growing has thin cell walls and do not have roots for absorbing water from the ground |
| Rhizoid | Thin route like structures that anchor moss |
| Vascular plant | A plant with true vascular tissue |
| Phloem | Vascular tissue through which food moves |
| Xylem | The vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants |
| Pollen | Tiny structures made by seed plants that contain the cell that later become a sperm cell |
| Seed | The plant structure that contains a young plant in a food supply inside a protective covering |
| Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds directly on the scale of cones not enclosed by protective fruit |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |
| Pigment | A colored chemical compound that absorbs light |
| Know the information on how plants are classified | Plants are classified by if they have vascular tissue and how they use seeds |
| Describe the difference between phloem and xylem | One transports food, the other transports water and minerals from the soil |