Chaper 12 ID plants Flashcards
Nonvascular plant
Is a plant that doesn’t have specialized tissues to move water and nutrients through the plant.
Vascular pants
Ha plant that has tissues deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to another.
Gymnosperm
A woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary fruit.
Angiosperm
A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
Rhizoid
Is a rootlike structure that holds Nonvascular plants in place.
Rhizome
Is an underground stem from which new leaves and roots grow.
Pollen
Sperm form inside tiny structures.
Pollination
The transfer of pollen from the male cones to the female cones.
Xylem
Is a vascular tissue that transports water and mineral through the plant.
Phloem
The tissue that conducts food in vascular plants.
Sepals
Are modified leaves that make up the outermost ring of flower parts to protect the bud.
Petals
Are broad, flat, thin leaflike parts of flower.
Stamen
Is men reproductive structure of flowers.
Pistil
Is a female reproductive structure of flowers.
Ovary
In flowering plants, the lower part of the pistil that produces eggs in ovules.