Bio 104 Plants Vocabulary

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Multicellular, photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms whose evolution is marked by adaptation to land are also called

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Plants

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Plants that live in water and have a haploid life cycle are

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Charophytes

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Land plants that are low lying, moist location preferring, and non vascular are called

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Bryophytes

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Vascular plants that have microphylls and a single, unbranded vein are called

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Lycophytes (club mosses)

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Vascular plants with megaphylls that have branched veins are called?

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Ferns (pteridophytes)

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Vascular seed plants that bear cones are called

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Gymnosperms

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Vascular seed plants that bear flowers and fruit are called?

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Angiosperms

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A waxy covering that protects plants from water loss is called a

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Cuticle

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Tiny opening on leaves that allow for gas exchange are called

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Stomata

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The idea that plants have two alternating forms that they exhibit over the course of their life cycle is called

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Alternation of generations

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One type of multicellular body that is diploid and produces spores is a

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Sporophyte

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One type of multicellular body that is haploid and produces gametes is

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Gametophyte

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A specialized structure produced by a sporophyte where meiosis occurs to produce haploid spores are

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Sporangium

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A reproductive cell that develops into a new organism without needing to fuse to another reproductive cell is a

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Spore

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Gamete-producing areas on gametophytes are collectively called

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Gametangia

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Male gametangia are called

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Antheridia

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Female gametangia are called

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Archegonia

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Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are called

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Bryophytes

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Tissue specialized for transport of water and organic nutrients throughout the body of a plant is

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Vascular tissue

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Bryophytes are types of this plant which lacks vascular tissue

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Nonvascular plants

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The largest group of nonvascular plants are

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Mosses

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The portion of vascular tissue responsible for transporting water throughout a plant is called

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Xylem

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The portion of vascular tissue that transports nutrients through a plant is called

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Phloem

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The material that strengthens cell walls and is found in xylem is called

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Lingin

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The leaves on lycophytes which have only one strand of vascular tissue are called

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Microphylls

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The spore that grows into the male gametophyte is the

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Microspore

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The spore that grows into the female gametophyte is the

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Megaspore

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Ferns and their allies make up the group of vascular, seedless plants called

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Pteridophytes

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Broad leaves with several strands of vascular tissue are called?

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Megaphylls

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A widespread group of vascular plants known for their attractiveness are most likely

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Ferns

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The megaphylls on ferns are commonly called

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Fronds

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A furled frond of a young fern is called a

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Fiddlehead

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Clusters of sporangium are called

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Sori

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Vascular plants that use seeds during the dispersal phase of their life cycle are called

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Seed plants

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What contains a sporophyte embryo and food reserves in a protective coating?

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A seed

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The male gametophyte in seed plants are also called

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Pollen grains

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When a pollen grain is brought into contact with the female gametophyte by wind or pollinators, this is called

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Pollination

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The tube that transports sperm to a female gametophyte is the

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Pollen tube

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The megaspore develops into the female gametophyte inside which structure?

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An ovule

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Which type of seed plants produce cones and lack the complete enclosure of ovules?

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Gymnosperms

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Which type of seed plant produce flowers and have completely enclosed ovules?

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Angiosperms

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A fruit was formerly what structure?

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An ovary

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Which plants are flowering plants?

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Angiosperms

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What are the seed leaves that contain nutrients that nourish the plant embryo?

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Cotyledons

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Which group of flowering plants have one cotyledon?

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Monocots

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Which group of flowering plants have two cotyledons?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant has parts in multiples of threes?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant has flower part in multiples of fours or fives?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant has pollen grains with one pore?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant has pollen grains with three pores?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant is usually herbaceous?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant cam be either woody or herbaceous?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant has usually parellel venation?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant usually has net venation?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant has scattered bundles in a stem?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant has vascular bundles in a ring?

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Eudicots

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Which type of flowering plant has a fibrous root system?

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Monocots

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Which type of flowering plant has a taproot system?

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Eudicots

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What protects the flower bud before it opens?

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The sepals

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The collective term for the sepals are called

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Calyx

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The parts of a flower used to attract a pollinator are called

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Petals

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The collective term for petals is the

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Corolla

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The collective term for the filament and anther on a flowering plant is a

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Stamen

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The collective term for the stigma, style, ovary, and ovules?

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A carpel (or pistal)

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The long slender stalk of a stamen is called the

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A filament

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The saclike container of the stamen on top of the filament is called an

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Anther

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The enlarged, sticky knob where the pollen sticks to the carpel is called a

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Stigma

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The slender stalk of the carpel is the

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Style

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The enlarged base of a carpel that encloses ovules is called an

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Ovary

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What structure becomes the seed?

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The ovule

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When a flowering plant undergoes this, the sperm unites with the egg, forming a diploid zygote, while the other sperm unites with polar nuclei, forming a triploid endosperm nucleus

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Double fertilization

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This is derived from the ovary, and can also be an accessory part of the flower

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Fruit