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Vocabulary I
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
Vocabulary II
100
This type of plant does not have roots and tissue to absorb water and nutrients. They absorb nutrients through their leaves
What is a nonvascular plant
100
These are rootlike structures that nonvascular plants grow from
What is a rhizoid?
100
This group of gymnosperms has flat, fan shaped leaves that turn yellow in autumn.
What are gingkoes
100

Scientists classify angiosperms based on their

What is seed structure?

100

This word refers to a fine powdery substance, usually yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone.

What is pollen?

200
This type of plant has roots and other tissue to help conduct water through all parts of the plant
What is a vascular plant?
200
These are the leafy branches of a fern
What is a frond?
200
This type of gymnosperm is usually found in hot, dry deserts or tropical rain forests
What are gnetophytes?
200
These angiosperms have two cotyledons in their seeds
What is Dicot?
200

This refers to the female reproductive organ of a flower.

What is an ovary?

300
Mosses and liverworts are classified as these types of plants
What are nonvascular plants?
300
These are the coiled up fronds on a fern that resembles the top of a violin
What is a fiddlehead?
300

The majority of gymnosperms are these, which mostly look like tall, straight trees

What are conifers?

300
These angiosperms have one cotyledon in their seeds
What is a monocot?
300

This word refers to the part of a stamen that contains the pollen.

What is Anther?

400
These types of vascular plants produce flowers and have seeds protected in a fruit
What are angiosperms
400

This word describes the development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy.

What is germination?

400

When a pine tree is cut or broken, this material seeps out to heal the wound.

What is Resin?

400
Dicot's have this many petals (or in multiples)
What is four or five?
400

This word is used to describe angiosperms that can live for three or more years.

What is a perennial?

500

These types of plants do not produce flowers and have seeds in cones

What are gymnosperms.

500

The last stage of many flowers lives when the ovary of a flower ripens and begins to contain seeds.

What is a fruit?

500

Musicians use a form of the sap that comes out of trees called...

What is Rosin

500
Monocots have this number of petals (or in multiples)
What is three?
500

This word is used to describe angiosperms that need two growing seasons to fully develop.

What is biennial?