A | B |
prothallus | heart-shaped gametophyte of a fern |
cellulose | what the cell wall is made of |
nonvascular | plants with no tubes |
rhizoid | rootlike structure of a moss plant |
sporophyte | makes spores |
gametophyte | makes gametes |
gametes | male sperm and female egg |
alternation of generations | life cycle includes sporophyte and gametophyte stages |
pioneer species | first plants to grow in disturbed areas |
vascular | plants with tubes |
rhizome | underground stem of a fern |
frond | leaf of a fern |
sori | round structures under fern leaf that produces spores |
archegonium | structure that produces eggs on gametophytes |
antheridium | structure that produces sperm on gametophytes |
moss | nonvascular plant |
liverwort | nonvascular plant |
fern | seedless vascular plant |
spores | germinate into gametophytes |
zygote | formed when sperm and egg unite |
regular shape | plant cell |
irregular shape | animal cell |
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 |