Ch12: Plant Science

Question 1

Nonvascular Plant

Answer 1

The three groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves.

Question 2

Vascular Plant

Answer 2

A plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant another.

Question 3

Gymnosperm

Answer 3

A woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.

Question 4

Angiosperm

Answer 4

A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.

Question 5

Rhizoid

Answer 5

A rootlike structure in non-vascular plants that holds the plants in place and helps plants get water and nutrients.

Question 6

Rhizome

Answer 6

A horizontal, underground stem that produces new leaves, shoots, and roots.

Question 7

Pollen

Answer 7

The tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants.

Question 8

Pollination

Answer 8

The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants.

Question 9

Xylem

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Phloem

Answer 10

The tissue that conducts food in vascular plants.

Question 11

Sepal

Answer 11

In a flower, one of the outermost rings of modified leaves that protect the floor bud.

Question 12

Petal

Answer 12

One of the ring or rings of the usually brightly colored, leaf-shaped parts of a flower.

Question 13

Stamen

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Pistil

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Ovary

Answer 15

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