Chapter 2 Lesson 1&2

Question 1

Seed

Answer 1

An undeveloped plant with stored food in a protective covering.

Question 2

Angiosperm

Answer 2

A seed plant that produces flowers.

Question 3

Gymnosperm

Answer 3

A seed plant that does not produce a flower.

Question 4

Pollination

Answer 4

The process in which the male and female cells of plants come together.

Question 5

Xylem

Answer 5

Plant tissue that moves water and minerals up from the roots.

Question 6

Phloem

Answer 6

The tissue in a plant that moves food down front he leaves to other parts of the plant.

Question 7

Cambium

Answer 7

A layer of cells in plants that separates the xylem and the phloem.

Question 8

Root

Answer 8

The part of a plant that absorbs water and mineral, stores food, and anchors the plant.

Question 9

Stem

Answer 9

The main stalk of a plant.

Question 10

Leaf

Answer 10

The part of a plant that collects light from the sun and makes sugar.

Question 11

Taproot

Answer 11

A root that grows deep into the ground and has few hairy branches.

Question 12

Fibrous Roots

Answer 12

One of the many thin, hairy fibrous roots that characterize some plants.

Question 13

Prop Roots

Answer 13

Roots that grow like fingers out of the stem.

Question 14

Aerial Roots

Answer 14

A root that never touches the ground.

Question 15

Spore

Answer 15

A single cell that can develop into a plant exactly like their one that produced it.