Chapter 12 Intro To Plants Flashcards
Vascular plant
A plant that does have specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part too another.
Gymnosperm
A woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.
Angiosperm
A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.
Rhiziod
A root like structure in Nonvascular plants that holds the plants in place, also helps get the plant water and nutrients.
Rhizome
A horizontal underground stem that produces new leaves shoots and roots.
Pollen
the tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants.
Pollination
The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants.
Xylem
The type of tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots.
Phloem
The type of tissue that conducts food in vascular plants.
Sepal
In a flower one of the outermost rings of the modified leaves that protect the flower bud.
Petal
One of the rings of the usual,y brightly colored, leaf shaped parts of a flower.
Stamen
A male reproductive structure of s flower that reproduces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of a filament.
Pistol
The female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consist of an at her at the tip of a filament.
Ovary
In flowering plants the lower part of a pistol that produces eggs in ovules.
Nonvascular plant
The three groups of plants that lack specialized conduction tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves.
