Plants terms and definitions: Flashcards
1
Q
What are autotrophs?
A
plants that use multicellular organelles called chloroplasts to carry out photosynthesis
2
Q
What is gymnosperm?
A
major seed plant groups conifer species
3
Q
What are angiosperm?
A
flowering plants that are vital to humans for food, medicine, and other products
4
Q
What are byrophytes?
A
earliest land plants
5
Q
What are phloem?
A
vascular tissue that transports food molecules to plant cells
6
Q
What are xylem?
A
vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved nutrients to plant cells
7
Q
What is stomata?
A
pores that open and close, allow co2 which is needed for photosynthesis to enter the leaves
8
Q
What are chloroplast?
A
carry out photosynthesis
