Grade 6 - Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What is angiosperm?
A
A flowering vascular plant whose seeds are surrounded by fruit.
2
Q
What is gravitropism?
A
The growth response of plants to gravity.
3
Q
What is gymnosperm?
A
A vascular plant that produces seeds that are not surrounded by fruit.
4
Q
What is phloem?
A
Plant tissue that carries food from the leaves to the other cells.
5
Q
What is phototropism?
A
The growth response of plants to light.
6
Q
What is pollination?
A
The first step of angiosperm reproductino, during which pollen from an anther lands on a stigma of a flower of the same kind.
7
Q
What are spores?
A
Cells that can grow into a new plant without joining with other cells.
8
Q
What is xylem?
A
Plant tissue that carries water and nutrients from a plant’s roots to it leaves.
