Science 2 Les 1 &2 Flashcards
Seed
An undeveloped plant with stored food and a protective cover on it
Angiosperm
A seed plant that produces flowers.
Gymnosperm
A plant seed that dose not produce a flower
Pollination
The proses in which the male and female cells of plants come together
Xylem
Plant tissue that moves water and minerals up from its roots
Phloem
The tissue of the plant that moves the food down the leaves to other parties of the plant
Cambium
A layer of cells in plants that separates the xylem
Root
The part of a plant that takes in water and miarals
Stem
The main stalk of the plant
Leaf
The part of a plant that that collects light from the sun and makes sugar (food)
Taproots
A root that grows deep into the dirt and soil
Fibrous root
One of many thin Harry little roots
Prop roots
Roots that grow like fingers out of the stem of a plant
Aerial roots
A root that never touches the ground
Spore
A single cell that can develop into a plant exactly like the one that produced it