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Plant Pot-Luck
Plant Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pollen | Tiny granules that hold the sperm of a seed plant |
| Location of the OVULES | Ovary |
| Xylem | part of the plant that takes water and minerals from the root to the shoot |
| Part of a plants that holds it in place and that supplies it with water and minerals | Roots |
| Young plant, Stored food, Seed coat | Parts of a seed |
| Part of a plant that prevents water loss in the leaf | Cuticle |
| Vascular plant | A plant that contains specialized tissue for transporting materials from one part of the plant to the other |
| Angiosperms | A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit |
| The female part of a flower | Pistil |
| Rhizoids | Rootlike structure in nonvascular plants (like mosses) that hold the plant in place and help it get water and nutrients |
| Three adjectives to describe a herbaceous stem | Soft, Thin, and Flexible |
| Stamen | The male part of a flower; produces pollen |
| Stem | The part of the plant that provides support and connects its roots to its leaves and flowers |
| Phloem | part of the plant that takes food from the root up the plant |
| One of the rings of brightly colored, leaf-shaped parts of a flower | Petal |
| The part of the plant where photosynthesis takes place | Leaf |
| Two types of Angiosperms | Monocots and Dicots |
| The process of transfering pollen from the stamen (male reproductive part) to the pistil (female reproductive part) | Pollination |
| Seed plants that do not produce flowers or fruits | Gymnosperms |
| Example of a seedless vasular plant | Fern |
| The three types of plants that are considered nonvascular | Liverworts, Hornworts, and mosses |
| Transpiration | The process by which plants release water vapor through stoma (small openings in the leaves) |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants, algae and some bacteria use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make glucose (food) |
| Growth of all or part of an organism in response to an external stimulus | Tropism |