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Seed
Embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering
Sperm
Seed
Gymnosperm
Plant known as a naked seed plant because it’s seeds do not developed with in ovaries
Embryo
Organism at an early stage if development
Pollen grain
Structure that contains the make gametophyte in seed plants
Pollination
Transfer of pollen from the anther of a stamen to the stigma of a pistil
Seed fern
Several distinct groups of extinct plants
Conifer
Cone-bearing seed plants
Cycad
Seed plants common in the Mesozoic era
Ginkgo
Grown in china
Cone
Organ on plants that contains reproductive structures
Evergreen
Has leaves that last through out winter and bendy branches
Amber
Common name for fossil resin
Tiaga
Biome characterized by coniferous forests
Tamarack
“American larch” deciduous conifer
Bristle cone pine
Oldest organism on the planet (4500 years old)
Sequoia
Biggest organism on the planet (300 ft tall 30 ft wide)
Triassic period
Geological time period from 200-250
Needles
Photosynthetic organism of a conifer
Pollen cone
Male cone in gymnosperms that produces male gametophytes in the form if pollen grains
Seed cone
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Devonian period
Period of time that expieriencd the first significant terrestrial life
Wood
Hard, fibrous structural tissue found in stems and roots if trees
Sap
A fluid of water, mineral salts, and sugars found in the vascular tissue of plants
