modern biology ch. 28
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petefolzenlogen on January 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cuticle | Waxy, protective layer that covers the stems, leaves, and flowers of many plants. Helps prevent water loss. |
| spore | A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating |
| seed | the plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering |
| vascular tissue | Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body. |
| xylem | Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves |
| phloem | vascular tissue responsible for the transport of nutrients and the carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis |
| nonvascular plants | plants that do not have true vascular tissue, true roots, stems, or leaves. |
| vascular plants | plants that have vascular tissue, true roots, stems, and leaves |
| seed plats | plants that produce seeds for reproduction |
| gymnosperms | include pine trees, seed plants that produce seeds that are not enclosed in fruits |
| angiosperms | flowering plants, seed plants that produce seeds within a protective fruit. |
| sporophyte | the first phase of a plant's life cycle, plant that produces spores |
| gametophyte | second phase of a plant's life, plants that produce egg ans sperm |
| alternation of generations | a life cycle that alternates between the gametophyte phase and sporophyte phase |
| bryophytes | the three phyla of nonvascular plants |
| liverworts | unusual looking plants that grow in moist, shady areas |
| hornworts | grow in moist, shaded areas |
| strobilus | a cluster of sporangia-bearing modified leaves. |
| rhizome | a underground stem system for ferns |
| fiddleheads | the tightly coiled new rings of a fern |
| fronds | uncoiled, developed fern leaves |
| germinates | when a seed sprouts |
| seedling | the embryo begins to grow in a plant |
| deciduous | trees that loose their leaves at the end of the growing season |
| ovary | the female part of the flower that encloses the egg |
| cotyledons | seed leaves in a plants embryo |
| monocots | angiosperms that have only one seed leaf |
| dicots | angiosperms that have two seed leaves |
| veins | bundles of vascular tissue |
| parallel venation | veins that run parallel |
| net venation | veins that branch repeatedly off of other veins |
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