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A structure that protects seeds and helps them to disperse.
What are fruits?
These are the structures that contain the sexual organs of spermatophyte plants.
What are flowers?
This is the main photosynthetic organ of the plant and facilitates gas exchange with the atmosphere
What is the leaf?
This is the aerial part of the plant that keeps it upright.
What is the stem?
This part of the plant generally grows underground and anchors the plant.
What is the root?
This green pigment absorbs sunlight and uses the energy to change inorganic to organic matter
What is chlorophyll?
These are the cells or organelles of the chlorophyll parenchyma.
What are chloroplasts?
Via this process water that has not been used during photosynthesis is released as water vapor through the stomata.
What is transpiration?
The process whereby pollen travels from the stamens to the pistil of a flower.
What is pollination?
Plants covert inorganic matter into organic matter via this process
What is photosynthesis?
The part where auxiliary buds and the stem meet.
What are nodes?
Buds from which branches and new leaves grow sideways.
What are auxiliary buds?
The plant grows vertically from this bud which is located at the top of the main stem.
What is the apical bud?
The group of vessels that transports crude sap
What are xylem?
Roots absorb these two substances from the ground.
What are mineral salts and water?
What are perennial?
Microscopic holes on the underside of a leaf where CO2 enters.
What are stomata?
A flowers male sexual organs
What are the stamens?
A flowers female sexual organ.
What is the pistil?
Plants like carrots have this type of thick main root.
What is a tubercular root?
Non-flowering plants that have no conducting vessels.
What are Bryophytes?
Non-flowering plants that have conducting vessels.
What are Pteridophytes?
Flowering plants that have conducting vessels
What are spermatophytes?
Vascular plants with flowers and a fruit surrounding their seeds.
What are angiosperms?
Flowering vascular plants with bare seeds that are not surrounded by a fruit.
What are gymnosperms?