Science Ch _ Vocab Quiz

Front 1

first organisms to grow in new or distrubed areas; break down rock and build soil

Back 1

pioneer species

Front 2

flowering vascular plants that produce a fruit containing one or more seeds; monocots and dicots

Back 2

angiosperms

Front 3

vascular tissue that produces xylem and phloem cells as a plant grows

Back 3

cambium

Front 4

pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their opening and closing

Back 4

guard cells

Front 5

threadlike structures that anchor nonvascular plants to the ground

Back 5

rhizoids

Front 6

plant w/ tubelike structures that move minerals water and other substances thru out the plant

Back 6

vascular plant

Front 7

vascular plants that do not flower, generally have needlelike or scalelike leaves, and produce seeds that are not protected by fruit conifers , cycads and ginkgoes

Back 7

gymnosperm

Front 8

plant that absorbs water and other substances directly through its cell walls instead of thru tubelike structures

Back 8

nonvascular

Front 9

vascular tissue that forms tubes that transport dissolved sugar thru out a plant

Back 9

phloem

Front 10

vascular tissue that forms hollow vessels that transport substances other than sugar thru out a plant

Back 10

xylem

Front 11

plant w/ tubelike structures that move minerals water and other substances thru out the plant

Back 11

vascular plant

Front 12

vascular plants that do not flower, generally have needlelike or scalelike leaves, and produce seeds that are not protected by fruit conifers , cycads and ginkgoes

Back 12

gymnosperm

Front 13

plant that absorbs water and other substances directly through its cell walls instead of thru tubelike structures

Back 13

nonvascular

Front 14

vascular tissue that forms tubes that transport dissolved sugar thru out a plant

Back 14

phloem

Front 15

vascular tissue that forms hollow vessels that transport substances other than sugar thru out a plant

Back 15

xylem

Front 16

small openings in the surface of most plant leaves that allows Co2 H2o and O2 to enter and exit

Back 16

stomata

Front 17

chemical compound made out of sugar; forms tangled fibers in the cell walls or many plants and provide and support

Back 17

cellulose

Front 18

waxy protective layer that covers the stems leaves and flowers of many plants and helps prevent water loss

Back 18

cuticle

Front 19

angiosperm w/ one cotledon inside its seed, flower parts arranged in multiples of 3; and vascular tissue in bundles scattered thru out the stem

Back 19

monocot

Front 20

angiosperm w/ two cotyledons insdie its seed flower parts in multiples of 4-5 and vascular

Back 20

dicot