Capter 17 Vocab.

Question 1

A flowering plant, which forms seeds inside a protective chamber called and ovary

Answer 1

Angiosperm

Question 2

A sac in which pollen grains develop, located at the tip of a flowers stamen

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Anther

Question 3

A group of plants that lack xylem and phloem; a non vascular plant. Includes mosses and their close relatives.

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Bryophytes

Question 4

The female part of a flower,consisting of a stalk with an ovary at the base and a stigma, which traps pollen, at the tip.

Answer 4

Carpel

Question 5

The green algal group that shares two ultra structural features with pants plants. Considered the closest relatives of land plants.

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Charophyeans

Question 6

A gymnosperm, or naked seed plant that produces cones

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Conifer

Question 7

A waxy coating on the surface of stems and leaves that help retain water

Answer 7

Cuticle

Question 8

2 different haploid nuclei are present during the sexual reproduction stage of a fungus

Answer 8

Dikaryotic phase

Question 9

Another name for land plants, recognizing that land plants share the same common derived trait of multicellular,dependent embryos

Answer 9

Embryophyte

Question 10

Reproducing structure in an angiosperm

Answer 10

Flower

Question 11

A ripened, thickened ovary of a flower, which protects dorment seeds and aids in their dispersal

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Fruit

Question 12

Mushrooms

Answer 12

Fruiting body

Question 13

A reproductive organ that houses and protects the gametes of a plant

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Gametangia

Question 14

A naked seed plant. It’s seed is said to be naked because it is not enclosed in a fruit

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Gymnosperm

Question 15

One of many filaments making up the body of a fungus

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Hyphae

Question 16

A diverse group of organisms that include 5 major groups

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Kingdom fungi

Question 17

A mutualistic association between a fungus and an algae or between a fungus and a Cyanobacterium

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Lichen

Question 18

Two different genetically different fungi

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Mating types

Question 19

The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus

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Mycelium

Question 20

The general term for a fungal infection

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Mycosis

Question 21

The basal portion of a carpel in which the egg containingf ovules develop

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Ovary

Question 22

A reproductive structure in a seed plant; contains the female gametophyte and the developing egg. Develops into a seed.

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Ovule

Question 23

A modified leaf of a flowering plant. Often the colorful parts of a flower that advertise it to insects and other pollinators

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Petal

Question 24

The portion of a plants vascular system that conveys sap throughout a plant. Made up of sleve-tube members.

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Phloem

Question 25

The structures that can contain the male gametophyte in seed plants.

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Pollen grains

Question 26

In seed plants, the delivery, but the winds or animals, of pollen from the male parts of a plant to the stigma of a carpel on the female

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Pollination

Question 27

A plant embryo packaged with a food supply within a protective covering

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Seed

Question 28

A modified leaf of a flowering plant. A whorl of sepals encloses and protects the flower bud before it opens

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Sepal

Question 29

A capsule in fungi and plants in which meiosis occurs and haploid spores develop

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Sporangium

Question 30

A haploid cell that can develop into a multicellular individual without fusing with another cell

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Spore

Question 31

A pollen-producing male reproductive part of a flower, consisting of a stalk and an anther

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Stamen

Question 32

The sticky tip of a flower's carpel, which traps pollen grains

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Stigma

Question 33

A pore surrounded by guard cells in the epidermis of a leaf. When __ are open CO2 enters a leaf, and water and O2 exit. A plant conserves water when it's__are closed

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Stomata

Question 34

Plants with xylem and phloem

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Vascular plants

Question 35

Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body

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Vascular tissue

Question 36

The non-living portion of a plants vascular system that provides support and conveys__sap from the roots to the rest of the plant.__ is made up of vessel elements and/ or tracheids, water-conducting cells. Primary__is derived from the procambium. Secondary xylem is derived from the vascular cambium in plants exhibiting secondary growth.

Answer 36

Xylem