Miscellaneous
I am a living thing that makes my own food using energy from the sun.
Plant or a Photoautotroph
I contain a tiny plant and some food. I am found inside of fruits in angiosperms and cones in gymnosperms.
a seed
The type of plants that do not have roots or stems. They absorb water like a sponge.
nonvascular
I hold the plant in the soil. I also take in water and minerals. I also store food for the plant.
the roots
When water leaves my leaves it causes a _______ pull which helps move water up plants
transpirational
I am the 3 BASIC things a plant needs to make its own food.
sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
Insects and birds are called_________ because they help move pollen from flower to flower.
pollinators
The transfer of pollen in flowers or cones.
pollination
4 types of plant tissue
Dermal, Ground, Vascular and Meristematic
This type of root system is made of many small roots with root haris. These root hairs are usually more shallow than taproots.
fibrous roots.
I am the two types of vascular tissue in plant, one for transporting water and one for transporting nutrients.
Xyelm and Phloem
The most important role of the colorful petals in plant reproduction is to_________________
to attract birds and insects
To make more living things of the same kind.
reproduction
I hold up the plant. I allow water and food to travel through the plant.
the stem
The process by which plants combine carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to make sugar (food).
photosynthesis
I am a simple root-like filament used for water absorption in non-vascular plants.
Rhizoids
Pollen moves from the stamen to the pistil during
__________________.
pollination
The structure in the seeds of flowering plants that stores and supplies nutrients. Monocots have one Dicots have two.
Cotyledon.
I transport sugars which can travel upward and downward through me in the plant.
Phloem
The mass of cells that form a protective covering at the tip of the root.
root cap.
Evergreen trees reproduce reproduce using cones. These plants are called _____________.
conifers or gymnosperms.
Plants that don't produce seeds produce _______, which have very little stored food resources compared with seeds.
Spores
The part of a plant that contains a new plant.
a seed
I transport water in the plant
xyelm
What type of plants have stems that do not contain wood?
Herbaceous plants.