Plants

Question 1

waxy covering over the surfaces of plants

Answer 1

Cuticle

Question 2

special cells that open and close to allow for gas exchange to occur in leaves.

Answer 2

Stomata

Question 3

allow some plants to quickly transport water and nutrients through specialized eggs

Answer 3

Vascular Tissue

Question 4

a plant embryo with nutrients included, protected in a seed coat

Answer 4

Seed

Question 5

one-cell-long in liverworts

Answer 5

Rhizoids

Question 6

have one-cell thick leaf-like structures

Answer 6

Mosses

Question 7

grow sporophytes that are hornlike appendages

Answer 7

Hornworts

Question 8

Most primitive of land plants

Answer 8

Liverworts

Question 9

oldest vascular plant

Answer 9

Lycophytes (club moss)

Question 10

can be small or very large

Answer 10

Pterophytes (fern)

Question 11

the gametophyte generation

Answer 11

fern spores

Question 12

food storage for plant embryos

Answer 12

Cotyledon

Question 13

“naked seeds” -seeds that aren’t contained in fruit

Answer 13

Gymnosperm

Question 14

“enclosed seed” -seeds are in a fruit

Answer 14

Angiosperm

Question 15

very ripened ovary

Answer 15

Fruit

Question 16

one cotyledon in each seed

Answer 16

monocot

Question 17

two cotyledons in each seed

Answer 17

Dicot

Question 18

tips of roots and stems

Answer 18

Apical Meristem

Question 19

found in middle of stems to make them grow

Answer 19

Intercalary Meristems

Question 20

allow plants to grow outward

Answer 20

Lateral Meristem

Question 21

Carries water and minerals up from the roots

Answer 21

Xylem

Question 22

Carries sugar and biomolecules up and down the plant

Answer 22

Phloem

Question 23

majority of plant

Answer 23

Ground tissue

Question 24

leaf-like colorful structures arranged in a circle

Answer 24

petals

Question 25

leaf-like and encircle the flower stem- usually green

Answer 25

Sepal

Question 26

the male reproductive organ

Answer 26

stamen

Question 27

tip of stamen- produces pollen

Answer 27

Anther

Question 28

female reproductive organ

Answer 28

carpel

Question 29

contains eggs that become seeds

Answer 29

ovary

Question 30

provide a much larger surface area for absorption

Answer 30

Root hair

Question 31

protects the growing end of the root

Answer 31

Root cap

Question 32

soft and flexible, some photosynthesis, carnations and marigold

Answer 32

Herbaceous Stems

Question 33

hard and rigid, oak, maple, and roses

Answer 33

woody stems

Question 34

surround/control the size of the opening in the stomata to prevent water loss

Answer 34

Guard cells

Question 35

photosynthetic tissue of the leaf

Answer 35

Mesophyll

Question 36

Four major traits of a plant

Answer 36

roots, stems, leaves and flowers, fruits and seeds

Question 37

what organisms did plants evolve from?

Answer 37

algae

Question 38

Adaptations for land help plants avoid doing what?

Answer 38

prevent from drying out

Question 39

What is dominant life phase in ferns?

Answer 39

Sporophyte

Question 40

Why is it important for seeds to be dispersed?

Answer 40

spread out and make more

Question 41

which structures in plants will not have chloroplasts?

Answer 41

the roots