A | B |
cellulose | what the cell wall is made of |
nonvascular | plants with no xylem or phloem |
rhizoid | rootlike structure of a moss plant |
sporophyte | makes spores |
gametophyte | makes gametes |
gametes | male sperm and female egg |
pioneer species | first plants to grow in disturbed areas |
vascular | plants with xylem and phloem |
frond | leaf of a fern and/or palm tree |
moss | nonvascular plant |
liverwort | nonvascular plant |
fern | seedless vascular plant |
spores | germinate into gametophytes |
zygote | formed when sperm and egg unite |
chloroplast | green structure containing chlorophyll where photosynthesis occurs |
eukaryotic | cells have a true nucleus |
multicellular | made up of many cells |
autotrophic | makes food by the process of photosynthesis |
cell wall | surrounds the cell membrane of plant cells |
chlorophyll | green pigment in chloroplasts that traps the sun's energy |
meiosis | produces haploid spores |
mitosis | cell division |
xylem | brings materials up the plant |
phloem | brings materials down the plant |