Classification
Plants that have tubelike structures that transport water and nutrients from it's roots, stems, and leaves?
Vascular
Tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to the top of the plant?
Xylem
How many cotyledons does a dicot have
2
plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies
Annual
A sticky substance that protects pine trees when a branch is broken?
Resin
What type of plant produces flowers and it's seeds are protected by fruit?
Angiosperms
The first root that emerges from a seed is called what?
A monocot has what type of roots?
Fibrous
plant that takes two years, generally in a temperate climate, to complete its biological life cycle
Biennials
What supports the leaves of the flower and roots
Stems
What classification of plant produces seeds in cones and does not have flowers?
Gymnosperm
Tubes that carry sugars and food from the leaves throughout the plant?
Flower petals are arranged in groups of 4 or 5.
Dicots
What is the plant cycle that lasts three or more years?
Perennials
Primary part where photosynthesis takes place in most plants
Leaves
Mosses and liverworts are examples of what classification of plants?
Nonvascular
Seedless plants, such as ferns and horsetails, have underground stems called
Rhizomes
Which has scattered vascular tissue?
Monocot
A seed contains what three main parts?
Embryo, Shell, cotyledon (food stores)
What is a fiddlehead?
A tightly coiled developing fern frond
How do nonvascular plants get water and nutrients
They absorb them through their leaves, which is why they do not grow very large
Small rootlike structures in nonvascular plants, such as mosses and liverworts
Rhizoids
What leaf pattern do dicots have
Branching veins
What is the purpose of roots?
Absorb water and minerals for the plants and help to anchor the plant in the soil
A seedless vascular plant that has tall, hollow, jointed stems.
Horsetail