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Biology Chapter 6 Vocabulary Terms

Terms in this set (18)

Chlorophyll
A chemical that gives plants their green color and traps light energy.
Conifer
A plant that produces seeds in cones.
Egg
A female reproductive cell.
Embryo
An organism in its earliest stages of growth.
Fern
A vascular plant that reproduces with spores.
Fertilization
The joining of the egg and sperm.
Flower
The reproductive part of a flowering plant.
Flowering Plant
A vascular plant that produces seeds inside a plant.
Moss
A small, nonvascular plant that has both stems and leaves but no roots.
Nonvascular Plant
Plants that don't have tube like cells in their stems and leaves.
Phloem
Cells that carry food that is made in the leaves to all parts of the plant.
Photosynthesis
The process in which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun to make food.
Pollen
The tiny yellow grains of seed plants in which sperm develop.
Seed
A part of a plant that contains a new, young plant and stored food.
Sexual Reproduction
The forming of a new organism by the union of two reproductive cells.
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