General Characteristics of Plants
All plants are made of more than one cell; this is the term for this characteristic.
Multicellular
The sporophyte generation produces these haploid cells.
Spores
Name an example of a Bryophyte.
Moss, hornwort, or liverwort
Give an example of a seedless vascular plant.
Fern, Horsetail, Club Moss (Lycophyte)
Vegetative propagation is a form of this type of reproduction that involves only one parent.
Asexual reproduction
All plants use this process to make food using the sun's energy.
Photosynthesis
The gametophyte generation produces these haploid cells.
Gametes (sperm & eggs)
Bryophytes lack this type of tissue, which is found in other types of plants.
Vascular Tissue
Another name for a fern leaf.
Frond
The green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy and converts it to chemical energy.
Chlorophyll
The organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place.
Chloroplast
A zygote is produced by the fusion of these cells.
Gametes (sperm & eggs)
The root-like structures in Bryophytes that help anchor them to a surface.
Rhizoids
The horizontal underground stem that grows true roots in seedless vascular plants.
Rhizome
The job of vascular tissue in plants.
To transport water & nutrients throughout the plant.
The cell walls in plants are made of this complex carbohydrate.
Cellulose
The multicellular diploid stage in the life cycle of plants.
Sporophyte
Rather than seeds, Bryophytes reproduce using these structures.
Spores
The dominant generation in seedless vascular plants.
Sporophyte
A large organelle in plant cells that helps store water.
Central vacuole
Pressure exerted by fluid in a cell that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.
Turgor Pressure
The multicellular haploid stage in the life cycle of plants.
Gametophyte
The dominant generation in Bryophytes.
Gametophyte
The bumpy structures on the underneath side of fern leaves that produce spores.
Sori (plural), sorus (singular)
The scientific name for all vascular plants.
Tracheophytes