Section 16

Question 1

Scientists who study plants

Answer 1

Botanists

Question 2

“Tubes” that move water and nutrients throughout some plants

Answer 2

Vascular system

Question 3

The next largest taxon used for plants under kingdom; same as “phylum” used in other kingdoms

Answer 3

Division

Question 4

Plants that do not contain vascular tissue; examples: mosses and liverworts

Answer 4

Nonvascular plants

Question 5

Plants that do contain vascular tissue but produce spores and instead of seeds; example: ferns

Answer 5

Seedless vascular plants

Question 6

Vascular plants that may produce seeds in a cone; example: Pinetree

Answer 6

Gymnosperms

Question 7

Vascular plants that produce seeds by flowers; example: Apple tree

Answer 7

Angiosperms

Question 8

A term used to describe all nonvascular plants such as mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

Answer 8

Bryophytes

Question 9

Root like structures that anchor mosses

Answer 9

Rhizoids

Question 10

A term for all vascular plants

Answer 10

Tracheophyte

Question 11

“Tubes” that move water and nutrients throughout some plants

Answer 11

Vascular tissue

Question 12

The tissues that transport water and nutrients up the plant (from the roots up to the stem and to the leaves)

Answer 12

Xylem

Question 13

The tissues that carry food from the leaves to wherever it is needed

Answer 13

Phloem

Question 14

The thick underground stems of ferns

Answer 14

Rhizomes

Question 15

The leaves of ferns

Answer 15

Fronds

Question 16

Brownish spore cases found on the underside of fern fronds

Answer 16

Sporangia

Question 17

A vascular plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed in a fruit

Answer 17

Gymnosperm

Question 18

A type of gymnosperm that produced seeds in cones

Answer 18

Conifers

Question 19

A gametophyte structure that carries the male gamete

Answer 19

Pollen

Question 20

The transfer of pollen from the male structure to the female structures of a plant

Answer 20

Pollination

Question 21

A vascular plant that produces flowers

Answer 21

Angiosperm

Question 22

A leaf part of an embryo that is present in a seed; also called the “seed leaf”

Answer 22

Cotyledon

Question 23

Flowering plant that has only one cotyledon per seed

Answer 23

Monocot

Question 24

Flowering plant that has two cotyledon per seed

Answer 24

Divot

Question 25

Female part of the flower (also called the carpel)

Answer 25

Pistil

Question 26

The part of the pistil that contains egg cells (female gametes)

Answer 26

Ovary

Question 27

Male part of the flower

Answer 27

Stamen

Question 28

The part of the stamen that produces pollen

Answer 28

Anther

Question 29

Small structures that contain sperm cells (male gamete)

Answer 29

Pollen

Question 30

In angiosperms the transfer of pollen from the male anther to the female pistil

Answer 30

Pollination

Question 31

The Union of sperm and egg

Answer 31

Fertilization