Questions 1
Moss is not
a vascular plant
All plants are many celled, and most contain green pigment called
Chlorophyll
Roots do not make food for a
plant
Rhizoids
Root like filament made of a few long cells
Stomata
small pores on leaf surfaces allowing carbon dioxide in
What are compacted and eventually turned into the coal we use today
Ancient seedless plants
____ is actually the earliest stage of coal
Peat
flowering plants are not
gymnosperms
Liverworts
means "herb for the Liver"
Bogs
Poorly drained areas with spongy, wet ground that is comprised mainly of dead and decaying plants
Plants live on____and____
Land and or water
The primary difference between seedless vascular and nonvascular plants is that seedless vascular plants have
Vascular tissue
Seed have
Root systems, leaves with Stomata, Produce seed, Phloem and Xylem
Cuticle
A waxy, protective layer on leaves of plants
Phloem
Vessels that move food from leaves to other parts of the plant.
Scientist think that plants evolved directly from
Green algae
The oldest trees alive are the
Gymnosperms
Seed plants DO NOT HAVE
spores and Rhizoids
Cellulose
An organic compound found in plant cell walls
Cambium
Tissue that produces new xylem and phloem cells
Nonvascular plants include _______and_______
mosses and liverworts
_______ is a chemical compound that forms tangled fibers in the cell walls of plants
cellulose
The first plants to grow in new environments are usually
liverworts and mosses
Moss
A Seedless, rootless plant with leaf like growths
Xylem
Vessels that transport substances from the roots to other parts of the plant