Roots
long root grows straight down
taproot
have a protective layer of bark making them brown and harder
woody stem
A tightly-coiled, developing frond
fiddlehead
Which type of liverworts are often mistaken for mosses
Leafy liverworts
What is between the xylem and phloem cells?
cambium
thinner and grows outward (near surface)
fibrous root
soft and green
Herbaceous stem
Trees that lose their leaves during the winter
deciduous trees
How are ferns, horsetails, and club mosses different from other vascular plants
all seedless
What are some uses for resin?
Tar, turpentine, inks, paints, adhesives, rosin
never touch the soil, get nutrients from the air or surface where they are attached
aerial root
What are the two main jobs of a stem?
Support and transport (food, water, and minerals)
Hardened resin
amber
Which is the largest group of gymnosperms?
conifers
What does phloem transport and in which direction
food (sugar), down
The first root that emerges
primary root
What kind of stems do most monocots have?
Herbaceous (soft and green)
A plant that lives/dies in three or more seasons
perennials
What two things do seeds contain
The embryo and food
How are the tubelike structures arranged in the stem of a dicot?
In a circular bundle, ring shaped
What are four jobs of a plant’s roots?
Anchor, support, absorb water and nutrients, and transport.
What is a vascular system?
structures used to transport food and water throughout the plant
Tiny seed of the embryo that contains the food
cotyledons
How many groups are gymnosperms divided into and what are the groups called?
Four: cycads, ginkgoes, gnetophytes, and conifers
Which two features identify a plant as an angiosperm?
Flowers and fruits