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Vocabulary - Plants

Learn about the different ways plants reproduce and the different parts of plants.

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The part of a plant that provides support and allows for the movement of water and nutrients through the plant is thestem
The "male" part of a flower is thestamen
Plants with roots, stems, leaves and flowers reproduce withseeds
When a male plant cell fertilizes a female plant cell, a seed that contains a young plant is produced. This young plant is calledembryo
Ferns and mosses are examples of plant that reproduce withspores
The green pigment in the leaf of a plant that absorbs light energy from the sun ischlorophyll
The action of transfering male gametophytes to female gametophytespollination
The part of a plant where food is produced is theleaf
The process by which plants use the sun's energy to make sugar isphotosynthesis
The part of the pistil that receives the pollen is thestigma
The part of a plant that holds the plant in the ground and takes water and nutrients from the soil is theroot
Tiny bits of plant life that make reproduction possible in plants without seeds arespores
The plant kingdom can be divided into four groups. They arenon-vascular, seedless vascular, gymnosperm, angiosperm
A period of suspended life processes brought on by changes in the environment isdormancy
Pollen is produced in theanther
The "female" part of a flower is thepistil
The small leaves that form the housing of a developing flower are thesepals
The structure that produces eggs in non-vascular plantsarchegonium
The structure that produces sperm in non-vascular plantsantheridium
The generationin all plants that produces sporessporophyte
The generation in all plants that produces gametesgametophyte
The structure in non-seed plants that contains sporessporangia
The male gametophyte in seed plantspollen
The female gametophyte in seed plantsovule
Vascular tissue that transports waterxylem
The structure male gametophytes use to deliver their gametespollen tube
The leaf-like structures on embryo sporophytes in seed plantscotyledons
The spore-producing bodies of gymnospermscone
The structure produced by double fertilization in angiosperms that supports the embryoendosperm
Anchoring structures in non-vascular plantsrhizoids
Vascular tissue that transports carbohydratesphloem
Seed plants that do not enclose their seedsgymnosperm
Seed plants that enclose their seedsangiosperm
Angiosperm that has one seed leaf on its embryomonocot
Angiosperm that has two seed leaves on its embryodicot
Plant tissues perform functions like photosynthesis, food storage, and secretionparenchyma
Structural support tissues in green stem plantscollenchyma
Structural support tissues in woody stem plantssclerenchyma
Outermost layer of leaves and green stems composed of single layer of parenchyma cellsepidermis
many layers of parenchymal cells, found on woody plants, replaces epidermisperiderm
The growing tip of a stem or rootmeristem
The leaf structure composed of a pore and two guard cellsstoma
The upper interior photosynthesizing cells of a leaf; packed closelypalisade mesophyll
The lower interior photosynthesizing cells of a leaf; packed looselyspongy mesophyll
The growing layer of a woody plant stem that increases its diametercambrium
Process that transfers water from the soil, through xylem to theleaves and out to the atmoshperetransipration
The part of a flower that houses the ovules and becomes the fruitovary



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