life science test

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the three groups of plants (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves

Nonvascular Plant

a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another

vascular plant

a woody, vascular plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit

gymnosperm

a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit

angiosperm

a rootlike structure in non-vascular plants that hold the plants in place and help plants get water and nutrients

rhizoid

a horizontal, underground stem that produces new leaves, shoots, and roots

rhizome

the type of tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots

xylem

the tissue that conducts food in vascular plants

phloem

in a flower, one of the outermost rings of modified leaves that protect the flower bud

sepal

the tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants

pollen

one of the rings of the usually brightly colored, leaf-shaped parts of a flower

petal

the male reproductive structure of a flower that produces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of a filament

stamen

the female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consists of an ovary, style, and stigma

pistil

in flowering plants, the lower part of a pistil that produces eggs in ovules

ovary

organelles in many plant cells and some protists.

chloroplasts

a green pigment that captures energy from sunglight

chlorophyll

leafy fern sporophyte

fiddleheads

where the food in a plant is stored

cotyledons

means "cone bearing"

conifer

the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures ofseeds plants

pollenation

two classes of angiosperms

monocots and dicots

protects the tip of the root

root cap

waxy layer that covers the surface of plants

cuticles

stems that are soft, thin, and flexible

herbaceous stem

tiny openings in the epidermis

stomata

where does light pass through

epidermis

saclike structures that produce pollen

anthers

each stamen has a thin stalk called a

filament

the tip of the pistil is called the

stigma