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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a gymnosperm?
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A gymnosperm is a type of seed plant.
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What is the food that is produced by photosynthesis called?
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Glucose
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What are the brown structures on the underside of ferns called?
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Spore cases or sori
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What is the difference between simple leaves and compound leaves?
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Simple leaves have only one blade. Compound leaves have more than one blade.
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What are vascular plants
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Plants that have transporting tubes that carry material throughout the plant.
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What is the food storing part of a seed called?
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Cotyledon
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What are two ways ferns reproduce?
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Sexually- in the gametophyte stage
Asexually- in the sporophyte stage. |
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What are the male and female parts of a flower?
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The male part is called the stamen. The female part is called the pistil.
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In what geological period were ferns most abundant on earth?
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Carboniferous period
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Name three kinds of gymnosperms.
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Cycads, conifers, and gingkoes are all types of gymnosperms.
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What is a fern's stem called?
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Rhizome
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What is a stomata?
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The opening in a leaf where air containing carbon dioxide enters the leaf.
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What do guard cells do?
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Guard cells regulate the opening and closing of the stomata.
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What are three things root hairs do for a plant?
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1. Increase the surface area of the root.
2. Take in water from the soil. 3. Take in minerals from the soil. |
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What is pollination?
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Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma.
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What is the tissue that forms tubes to carry food in a plant called?
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Phloem
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What is the name of the process by which water is released from leaves to the air?
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Transpiration
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Stems that are soft and green are called what? |
Herbaceous
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What are the parts of the pistil?
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The style, the stigma, and the ovary. Inside the ovary are the ovules (eggs)
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What is the equation for photosynthesis?
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6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6 + O2
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What is an annual ring on a tree?
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One year's growth of xylem tissue.
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