Vocabulary Chapter 17 Pt 1 Flashcards
A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form, the sporophyte, and a multicellular haploid form, the gametophyte
Alteration of generations
The uptake of small nutrient molecules by an organism’s own body
Absorption
A flowering plant
Angiosperm
A sack in which pollen grains develop
Anther
A structure at the tip of tip of a plant root or in the terminal or auxiliary bud of a shoot
Apical meristem
One of a group of plants that lack xylem and phloem
Bryophyte
The female part of a flower
Carpel
Member of a group of fungi that are mostly aquatic and have flagellated spores
Chytrid
Member of a group basidiomycete and characterized by club shaped, spore-producing structures called basidia
Club fungus
Another name for land plants
Embryophyte
An energy-containing deposit deposit of organic material formed from the remains of ancient organisms
Fossil fuel
A ripened, thickened ovary of a flower
Fruit
A heterotrophic eukaryote that digests its food externally and absorbers the resulting small nutrient molecules
Fungus
A reproductive organ that houses and protects the gametes of a plant
Gametangium
The multicellular haploid form in the life cycle of organisms undergoing alteration of generations
Gametophyte
Member of a group of fungi characterized by a distinct branching form mycorrhizae called arbuscules
Glomeromycete
A naked-seed plant
Gymnosperm
A fungal life cycle stage that contains two genetically different nuclei in the same cell
Heterokaryotic
One of many filaments making up the body of a fungus
Hypha
This eukaryotic organism has no known sexual stage
Imperfect fungus
A close association between a fungus and an alga or between a fungus and a cyanobacterium
Lichen
A chemical that hardens the cell walls of plants
Lignin
A rapidly growing fungus that reproduces asexually by producing spores zygosporangium during sexual reproduction
Mold
