flowers and seeds

Question 1

a group of tissues that work together to do a certain job.

Answer 1

organ

Question 2

a response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

Answer 2

tropism

Question 3

one of the hairlike fibers that anchor a moss to the soil and take in water from the soil.

Answer 3

rhizoid

Question 4

the layer in plants that that separates the xylem from the phloem.

Answer 4

cambium

Question 5

a green chemical in plant cells that allows plants to use the Sun’s energy for making food.

Answer 5

chlorophyll

Question 6

the leaf of a fern.

Answer 6

frond

Question 7

any group of gymnosperms that produce seeds in cones and have needlelike leaves.

Answer 7

conifer

Question 8

an animal that has a backbone.

Answer 8

vertebrates

Question 9

containing plant tissue through which water moves up and food moves down.

Answer 9

vascular system

Question 10

a tiny leaflike structure, also called a seedleaf, inside the seed of an angiosperm.

Answer 10

cotyledon

Question 11

the passing down of inherited traits that parents to offspring.

Answer 11

heredity

Question 12

An adaption in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to another, unpleasant animals.

Answer 12

mimicry

Question 13

an adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in with the environment.

Answer 13

camouflage