Key Terms
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What is a Vascular Plant?
A plant with transporting tubes that carry material throughout the plant.
100
The transfer of pollen to the stigma is called ____________.
pollination
100
The early growth stage of an embryo plant is called youth.
False, germination
100
Name one type of vascular plant...
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100
What is the food produced by the process of photosynthesis?
glucose
200
What is a gynosperm?
A seed plant.
200
The geological period in which ferns were abundant is called the _____________.
Carboniferous period
200
Pollination regulates water loss.
False, transpiration
200
How does carbon dioxide enter the leaf?
stomata
200
What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?
Gymnosperms produce uncovered seeds and produce no flower. Angiosperms produce flowers and fruits, which contain the seeds.
300
What are spore cases?
Small brown structures on the underside of the fronds of a fern.
300
A ferns stem is called a ________.
rhizome
300
Root hairs anchor the plant in the soil.
False, they do not anchor the plant in the soil.
300
How do ferns reproduce?
both by sexual reproduction and asexual reproducation
300
What is the function of guard cells?
They regulate the opening and closing of the stomata.
400
Plants have soft, green stems called?
herbaceous
400
The tissue that forms tubes to carry food substances down from a seed plant's leaves is called ____________.
phloem
400
Most plants that have herbaceous stems are biennials.
False, annuals
400
In which part of a maple tree would sap be found?
stem
400
Explain the difference between self-pollination and cross-pollination.
In self-pollination, pollen is transfered from a stamen to a pistil of the same flower or of another flower on the same plant. In cross-pollination the transfer occurs between stamens and pistils in flowers on different plants.
500
What are annual rings?
One year's growth of xylem cells. Can tell the average age.
500
Cycads, conifers, and gingkoes are all examples of ____________.
gymnosperms
500
The food-storing structure in a seed is the cotyledon.
True
500
Compound leaves are divided into two or more what?
blades
500
Relate something you learned in this chapter to your life.
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