This waxy coating helps prevent water loss in plants
What is the cuticle?
These plants lack vascular tissue
What is nonvascular plants?
This group of plants produces flowers and fruits
What are angiosperms?
This part of the plant is where most photosynthesis takes place
What is leaves?
Male cones release this substance for reproduction
What is pollen?
Plant stems have an abundance of ____________.
What is fiber?
Plants have cell walls made of this substance
What is cellulose?
This type of tissue transports water, minerals, and glucose in plants
What is vascular tissue?
These plants produce cones instead of flowers
What are gymnosperms?
This tissue moves water and nutrients into the leaves
What is xylem?
Water is required for fertilization in these plants
What are nonvascular plants? (will except moss)
Part of pistil that is sticky for pollen to attach
What is stigma?
Another name for chloroplasts for photosynthesis
What is plastids?
These plants have vascular tissue, reproduce using spores but do not produce seeds.
What are seedless vascular plants?
Angiosperm seeds are surrounded by this structure
What is fruit?
These openings allow gases to move in and out of the leaf
What are stomata?
The dominant life stage of ferns
What is the sporophyte?
Moss plants are anchored to the ground with this structure?
What is rhizoids?
Plants alternate between these two life stages
What are the gametophyte and sporophyte?
Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts belong to the plant group (specific classification group)
What are bryophytes?
Cycads, ginkgoes, and conifers belong to this plant group
What are gymnosperms?
These cells control the opening and closing of stomata
What are guard cells?
These structures on the underside of fern fronds produce spores
What are sori?
Layer of the leaf carries out most photosynthesis
What is the palisade layer?
This type of life cycle includes both spore-producing and gamete-producing stages
What is alternation of generations?
The three major categories of plants based on vascular tissue and seeds
What are nonvascular plants, seedless vascular plants, and seed-bearing vascular plants?
The young plant inside a seed that grows into a sporophyte
What is the embryo?
This loosely packed leaf layer allows gas exchange
What is the spongy layer?
The four MAIN parts of a flower
What are stamen, pistil, petals, and sepals?
Two things that support weight of plant
What is cell wall and turgor pressure?