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Ch 3 L2 1st period
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plant | low growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| rhizoid | thin/rootlike structure that anchors moss and absorbs water and nutrients |
| Vascular plant | a plant that has true vascular tissue for transport 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 |
| pollen | tiny structures in produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes a sperm cell |
| seed | plant that contain plant and food supply inside a protective covering |
| gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds directly on the scales off cones/ not inclosed in fruit |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds inclosed in a protective fruit. |
| pigment | a colored chemical compound that obsorbs light |
| how are plants classified | classified by nonvascular and vascular |
| difference between phloem and xylem | phloem moves food but xylem moves water and minerals |