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Science Book A4-2
Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rhizoids | like roots because they help hold the plant in place |
| liverwort | their gametophytes can be mosslike and leafy |
| frond | fern leaf |
| rhizome | underground stem from which new leaves and roots grow |
| gametophyte | produce sperm and eggs, tiny, green, heart-shaped |
| fiddlehead | young fronds on ferns are called ______. |
| stem | structure where silica is found in horsetails |
| silica | substance that has a gritty texture |
| ferns | plants that have life cycles similar to horsetails |
| horsetails | used by pioneers to scrub pans |
| vascular tissue | found in club mosses but not in mosses |
| ferns, club mosses | two kinds of seedless vascular plants that are popular houseplants |
| coal | formed from seedless vascular plants that lived over 3 million years ago. |