Characteristics of Plants
The source of the energy which is captured by plants
There are 12,000 species of this plant that range in size from tiny to over 20ft.
What are ferns?
This is the part of a seed that protects it from drying out
What is the seed coat?
These are seed plants with "naked" seeds
What are gymnosperms?
Nonvascular plants lack these structures vascular plants use to absorb water from soil
The process all plants use to make their own food .
What is photosynthesis?
There are very few species of this plant alive today. Their branches look like pine trees and grow in moist woodlands.
What are club mosses?
Most gymnosperms have these reproductive structures
Nonvascular plants use these to reproduce
What are spores?
Plants use which type of gas and give off which type of gas? (You need both for a correct answer!)
What is carbon dioxide and oxygen?
There are only 30 species of these plants alive today. They are jointed with long needle like branches.
What are horsetails?
The male cone produces this; contains microscopic cells that later become sperm
What is pollen?
Nonvascular, small plants that usually grow in dense green clumps or mats, in damp or shady locations
What is moss?
A classification (one word) indicating plants produce their own food
Seedless vascular plants reproduce with these.
What are spores?
A fertilized egg that becomes the young plant.
What is an embryo?
This is the largest group of gymnosperms.
What are confiers?
This plant was named for its resemblance to a human organ
What is liverwort?
A classification ( one word) indicating plant cells have nuclei
What is a eukaryote?
The stems of most ferns are located here.
These are the four types of seed dispersal
What are animals, water, wind and by the plant itself?
The female cones contain at least one of these at the base of each scale
What is an ovule/egg cell?
This plant is named for its horn-like structures
What is hornwort?