Vocab
A long, thick root that grows straight down from the stem.
What is TAPROOT?
leafy branch of a fern
frond
This transports water and nutrients from the roots to different parts of the plant
Xylem
plants that live for only one growing season
annual
You can tell how old a tree is and how much water it received each year by looking at its
rings
The first root that emerges from a seed is called a(n)
primary root
a sticky substance that protects a pine tree from diseases and insects when a branch is
resin
has flowers with petals in groups of 3 or 6 and fibrous roots
monocot
A blueberry bush is an example of a(n) ____ plant
perennial
liverwort is an example of a ______ plant
non-vascular
Ferns and horsetails grow from underground stems called
rhizomes
tubes that carry sugar and water
phloem
have flowers, and their seeds are protected inside a fruit
angiosperms
fibrous roots ______ in the soil
When plants are classified by how they transport water, scientists group them as ____
vascular/non-vascular
Mosses and liverworts have small, rootlike structures called
rhizoids
tiny seed leaves of the embryo
cotyledon
do not have flowers, and their seeds develop inside cones. The seeds are protected only by the seed
gymnosperms
carrots are a(n) ____ plant
biennial
are vascular plants with tall, hollow, jointed stems
horsetails
has vascular tissue arranged in a circle, has leaves with branching veins
dicot
a tightly coiled developing frond
fiddlehead
soft green flexible stem
herbaceous plants
cycads, ginkgoes, gnetophytes, and conifers are all___
gymnosperms
produce more xylem and phloem which allows trees to grow wider
cambium cells