Chapter 22 Vocab Flashcards
Gymnosperm
Plants that produce their seeds in cones.
Angiosperm
Plants that produce, flowers, seeds, and fruits.
Annual
Plants that live for one year.
Perennial
Plants that live through several years.
Reproductive structures of gymnosperms that produce pollen in males or eggs in females.
Cone
A type of tree that looses its leaves at the end.
Deciduous
An angio sperm whose embryo has two seed leaves.
Dicot
A complex plant reproductive structure made from modified stems and leaves and leaves that produces pollen and eggs.
Flower
The structure (mature ovary) in angiosperms that contain seeds.
Fruit
Sprouting of a seed to produce a new plant.
Germinate
An angiosperm whose embryo has one seed leaf (cotyledon).
Monocot
A flower that contains both male (stamen) and female (pistil) reproductive structures.
Perfect Flower
One kind of vascular tissue found in higher plants, it transports food minerals, from the leaves to other parts of the plant.
Phloem
The male gametophyte in gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Pollen
Underground structures that anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals.
Root