Root of the Matter
The two big categories scientists separate plants into
These types of plants need two growing seasons to fully develop
What are biennial plants?
These are vascular plants with hollow, jointed stems
What are horsetails?
This type of plant grows, flowers, and seeds in one growing season
What are annual plants?
Name the two types of non-vascular plant
What are mosses & liverworts?
The first root that emerges from a seed is called a ______ .
What is a primary root?
The leafy branches of a fern
What are fronds?
The tube that carries water and minerals fro the roots to the top of the plant
What is a xylem tube?
Angiosperms are usually classified by their seed structure as either ______ or ________.
Mosses have small, rootlike structures called _______
What are rhizoids?
This type of root spreads out in all directions
What are fibrous roots?
These plants can live for 3+ years
What are perennial?
These types of plants have soft, green stems
What are herbaceous plants?
Flowers that have petals in groups of 3
What are monocots?
The sticky substance that protects a pine tree from disease and insects when a branch is broken
What is resin?
What are dicots?
List the 4 types of gymnosperm.
What are cycads, ginkgoes, gnetophytes, and conifers?
Leaves on this type of vascular plant have branching veins
What are dicots?
Trees grow wider because __________ cells produce more xylem and phloem.
What is cambium?
A tightly coiled developing frond
What is a fiddlehead?
These do not have flowers, and their seeds are usually produced inside cones
What are gymnosperms?
Vascular plants that have flowers and their seeds are protected inside a fruit
What is an angiosperm?
The food storage stem of some plants
What is a tuber?
The tiny seed leaves of the embryo are called _______
What are cotyledons?
There are more than _________ species of moss.
What is 10,000?