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Chapter 3
lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plant | Low growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| rhizoid | Thin rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water/ nutrients For plant |
| vascular plant | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| phloem | Vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants |
| xylem | Vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants |
| pollon | Tiny structure produced by seed plants that contain the cell which later becomes sperm cell |
| seed | Plant structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering |
| Gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds directly on the skills of cones, not enclosed by productive fruit |
| Angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds closed in a protective fruit |
| Pigment | a colored chemical compound that exerts light |
| Know the information in how our plants classified | See handout |
| Describe the difference between phloem and xylem | Phloem start at the top of a plant and xylem starts at the roots of the plant |