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No process is more important for life on Earth than
What is photosynthesis?
the process by which water evaporates from the the plant's leaves
What is transpiration?
vascular plants that need to grow in moist surroundings
What are ferns?
process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food (glucose)
What is photosynthesis?
Gymnosperms reproduce with
What are cones?
plants that drop their leaves each year
What are deciduous?
the foundation of virtually all food webs
What are producers (autotrophs)?
type of plant that produces naked seeds
What is a gymnosperm?
an internal system of tubelike structures through which water and food move inside the plant
What is vascular tissue?
structures that contain a young plant inside a protective covering
What are seeds?
occurs when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell
What is fertilization?
plant whose leaves are called fronds
What is a fern?
Thigmotropism is the plants reaction to
What is touch?
can only pass water and nutrients from one cell to the next and must live in places with enough moisture for them to survive and reproduce
What are nonvascular plants?
example of a nonvascular plant
What is moss?
The largest group of Gymnosperms
What are conifers?
plants that stay green all year
What are evergreen?
the first organisms to grow in areas destroyed by volcanoes or burnt out forests
What are pioneer plants?
type of plant that transports water quickly and efficiently through a plant
What is vascular?
The products of the process of photosynthesis
What are glucose and oxygen?
the reactants of photosynthesis
What are carbon dioxide and water?
Geotropism is the plants response to
What is gravity?
the reproductive structure of an angiosperm
What is a flower?
a waxy waterproof layer that covers the leaves of the plant and keeps water inside the plant
What is the cuticle?
the hairlike threads that anchor mosses to the ground
What are rhizoids?