Plants
Plants that have tube like structures that transport water from the roots to the stems and leaves
What are VASCULAR PLANTS?
A tightly coiled developing frond
What is called a FIDDLEHEAD?
Tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to the top of the plant
What is XYLEM?
Angiosperms are usually classified by their seed structure as either...
What are MONOCOTS or DICOTS?
The majority of gymnosperms are
What are CONFIERS?
Plants that do not have tube like structures to transport water
What are NONVASCULAR PLANTS
A sticky substance that protects a pine tree from diseases and insects when a branch is broken
What is RESIN?
Many thin roots that spread out in all directions
What is FIBROUS ROOTS?
Angiosperms produce
What are FLOWERS & FRUIT?
How many groups can gymnosperms be divided into
What are 4 (CYCADS, GINKGOES, GNETOPHYTES, and CONIFERS)?
The leafy branches of a fern
What is a FROND?
The tiny seed leaves of the embryo
What is the COTYLEDON?
Layer of cells that reproduce to make more xylem and phloem, allowing the plant to grow wider each year.
What is CAMBIUM?
Angiosperms that can live for 3 or more years are called
What are PERENNIALS?
Gymnosperms do not produce flowers or fruit, so what do they produce
What are called CONES?
Thin, root like structures
What is a RHIZIOD?
Tubes that carry sugars and foods throughout the plant
What is PHLOEM?
Liverworts and mosses are examples of what kind of plant
What is NONVASCULAR?
ANGIOSPERMS that live for 2 growing seasons to fully develop are called
What are BIENNIALS?
What type of plants are cycads often mistaken for
What are PALM TREES?
Underground stems
What are RHIZOMES?
Root that continues to grow straight down into the soil and may have other roots branching off of it
What is TAPROOT?
Club mosses, ferns, and horsetails are examples of what kind of plant?
What are VASCULAR plants?
An angiosperm that only lives for one growing season is called
What is ANNUALS?
The tallest conifer is know as
What is a REDWOOD?