Plants Flashcards
These plants produce horn like structures
Hornworts
The most common group of come bearing plants , have needle like leaves
Conifers
This tissue conducts water and nutrients up from roots
Xylem
These plants produce seeds in cones
Gymnosperms
When a moss germinates, it grows into tiny multi-cellular structures called
Protonema
Colourful leaves that attract insects to a flower are called
Petals
There is only one species in this group of cone bearing plants
Ginkgoes
the tiny plant contained within a seed
Embryo
these organisms are the most common pollinators of flowers
Insects
the male structure in a moss or fern
Antheridium
the cell walls of all plants are make up of this carbohydrate
Cellulose
the red dots on the underside of a mature fern sporophyte are made up of numerous produce spores
Pollen grains
the evolution of this structrue eliminated the need for swimming sperm
Spores
the structure in a flower which contains the ovules
Ovary
- the heart-shaped structure that is the gametophyte of a fern
Prothallus
as opposed to roots, moss have these structures which anchor them to a substrate
Rhizoids
the entire male portion of a flower
Stamen
these reproductive structures are produced asexually by moss and ferns
Spores
- the part of a seed which nourishes the embryo
Endosperm
the protective outer layer of a seed
Seed coat
these structures look like reddish dots on the underside of a mature fern sporophyte
Sori
structure which supports an anther in a flower
Filament
the long tube which leads to the ovary in flowers
Style (Harry styles)
the structure which produced pollen grains in a flower
Anther