How Plants Are Classified
How Plants Are Classified Cont.
Vascular System
How Plants Make Food
Reproduction
100
Flowering plants are called
angiosperms
100
__________ plants are divided into flowering plants and nonflowering plants
seed
100
The leaf part that attaches the leaf to its stem is the ______
petiole
100
During photosynthesis, plants give off?
Oxygen
100
Female organ that contains eggs
Ovary
200
A __________ plant has tubelike cells
vascular
200
What do conifers and ginkgo trees have in common?
both are gymnosperms
200
Plant __________ support the leaves and connect them to the roots
stems
200
The sugar plants make during photosynthesis
Glucose
200
Contain sperm
Pollen
300
What important contribution did Carolus Linnaeus make to biology?
developed a method for classifying plants and animals
300
Contains a beginning plant and stored food
seed
300
Carries water and minerals from roots to other parts of the plant
xylem
300
Green pigment in plants
Chlorophyll
300
Female reproductive organ in a flower
Pistil
400
Tiny rootlike thread of a moss plant
rhizoid
400
The seeds of gymnosperms are in ________
cones
400
Allows gases to enter and leave the leaf
stoma
400
Opens and closes stomata
Guard cell
500
Describe two difference between mosses and ferns
1. Ferns are vascular; mosses are nonvascular 2. Ferns have well-developed roots, leaves, and stems; mosses do not
500
A fruit covers the seeds of _________________
angiosperms
500
Carries food from leaves to other parts of the plant
phloem
500
Chemical that absorbs certain types of light
Pigment
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