Question | Answer |
Waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves of plants | Cuticle |
A system of tubes inside a plant through which water, minerals, and food move | Vascular Tissue |
The fertilized egg (sperm joins with egg) | Zygote |
Plants that do not have a tube system to transport materials they get their materials from their surroundings | Nonvascular Plants |
Plants that have a well developed system of tubes to carry needed materials throughout the plant | Vascular Plants |
The stage in a plants life cycle where it produces spores that can grow into new organisms | Sporophyte |
The stage in a plants life cycle where the spore produces the sperm and egg cells | Gametophyte |
Thin, rootlike structures that anchor a moss and absorb water and nutrients from the soil | Rhizoids |
The leaf of a fern that is divided into many smaller parts | Fronds |
The vascular tissue through which food moves down into the plant | Phloem |
The vascular tissue through which water and minerals travel up into the plant from the roots | Xylem |
Tiny structures in the male part of a flower that becomes sperm cells | Pollen |
A structure that contains a young plant inside a protective coating | Seed |
The young plant inside a seed | Embryo |
One or more seed leaves inside a seed | Cotyledon |
When the embryo begins to grow and pushes out of the seed | Germination |
The structure at the end of a root that protects the root | Root Cap |
Layer of cells in a stem that divide to make new xylem and phloem | Cambium |
The process by which water evaporates from a plants leaves | Transpiration |