Question | Answer |
Cuticle | waxy waterproof layer of plants |
Vascular Tissue | support and a method of ways to get and nutrients through their roots |
zygote | fertilized egg; produced by the joining of a sperm and egg |
nonvascular tissue | low growing plant that has no true vascular tissue |
rhizoid | thin, root-like structure; anchors a moss; absorbs water and nutrients |
phloem | vascular tissue that takes food from leaves through the body |
xylem | vascular tissue that water and minerals from soil up to other parts of the plant |
pollen | tiny particles produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells |
seed | young plant in a protective covering |
embryo | young organism that develops from a zygote |
cotyledon | seed leaf |
gemination | the embryo begins to grow and pushes out of the seed |
cambium | layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells |
transpiration | process where water is lost through a plant's leaves |
gymnosperm | plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit |
cone | reproductive system for a gymnosperm |
pollination | transfer of pollen from male reproductive structure to the female reproductive structure in plants |
angiosperm | flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a productive structure |
fruit | ripened ovary & other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds |
monocot | angiosperm with 1 seed leaf |
dicot | angiosperm with 2 seed leafs |
tropism | growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |