Biology 1 Ch22-24 Vocab Part 1

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Angiosperm

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group of seed plants that bear their seeds within a layer of tissue that protects the seed; also called flowering plant.

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Gymnosperm

Back 2

group of seed plants that bear their seeds directly on the scales of cones

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Monocot

Back 3

angiosperm with 1 seed leaf in its ovary

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Dicot

Back 4

angiosperm with 2 seed leaves in its ovary

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Fruit

Back 5

structure in angiosperms that contains one or more matured ovaries.

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Gametophyte

Back 6

gamete-producing plant; multicellular haploid phase of a plant life cell.

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Sporophyte

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spore-producing plant; the multicellular diploid phase of a plant life cycle.

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Ovary

Back 8

the structure that surrounds and protects seeds.

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Ovule

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the structure in seed cones in which the female gametophytes develop.

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Vascular Tissue

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specialized tissue in plants that carries water and nutrients.

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Phloem

Back 11

vascular tissue that transports solutions of nutrients and carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis through the plant.

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Xylem

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vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant.

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Pollen Grain

Back 13

structure that contains the entire male gametophyte in seed plants.

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Pollination

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transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structure to the female reproductive structure.

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Seed

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plant embryo and a food supply encased in a protective covering