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32 Cards in this Set
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cuticle |
it is a waterproof layer that protects the plant |
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vascular tissue |
is a system of tube like structures inside a plant through witch water, minerals, and food move |
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zygote |
is a fertilized egg |
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nonvascular plants |
plants that lack a well-developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials |
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vascular plant |
plants with true vascular tissue |
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sporophyte |
the plant produces spores, tiny cells that can grow into new organisms |
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gametophyte |
the plant produces two kinds of sex cells the sperm cells and the egg cells |
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rhizoid |
anchor the moss and absorb water and nutrients from the soil |
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frond |
they are divided into many smaller parts that look like small leaves |
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phloem |
is the vascular tissue through witch food moves |
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xylem |
water and minerals, on the other hand, travel in the vascular tissue |
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pollen |
tiny structures that contain the cells that will later become sperm cells |
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seed |
is a structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering |
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embryo |
the young plant that develops from the zygote |
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cotyledons |
in all seeds, the embryo has one or more seed leaves or cotyledons |
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germination |
occurs when the embryo begins to grow again and pushes our of the seed. |
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root cap |
protects the root from injury from rocks as the root grows through the soil |
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cambuim |
which divide to produce new phloem and xylem |
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transpiration |
the process by which water evaporates from a plant´s leaves |
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gymnosperm |
is a seed plant that produces naked seeds |
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cone |
most gymnosperm have reproductive structures |
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ovule |
is a structure that contains an egg cell |
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pollination |
the transfer of pollen from a male reproductive structure to a female reproductive structure |
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angiosperms |
Rafflesia belongs to the group of seed plants known |
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flower |
is the reproductive structure of an angiosperm |
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sepals |
when a flower is still a bud, it is enclosed by leaf like structures |
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petals |
when the sepals fold back, they reveal the flower´s colorful |
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stamens |
are the male reproductive parts |
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pistils |
are found in the center of most plants |
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fruit |
ripened ovary and other structures that enclose one or more seeds |
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monocots |
are angiosperms that have only one seed leave |
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dicots |
produce seeds with two seed leaves |