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Plants
Parts of a Plant
Bryophyte
Reproduction
Types of Seedless Plants
100
What do plants contain that make them producers of food?
chlorophyll
100
What structure anchors the plant to the soil?
roots
100
What does bryophyte mean?
moss plant
100
The groups of specialized cells that make up a plant are called?
tissues
100
What are the leaves of ferns called?
fronds
200
Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?
the sun
200
What part of the plant contain the chlorophyll?
leaves
200
How are bryophytes different from other plants?
They do not have a vascular system.
200
What is a generation?
It is a time period from whan an organism is first forme d to the time it reproduces.
200
Give an example of a seedless plant.
moss, liverwort, horsetail or fern
300
What are some fuels that come from plants?
wood, kerosene, coal an oil
300
What is the waxy, waterproof coating on a plant's leaves that prevents its cells from drying out?
the stem
300
What is the function of a vascular system?
It moves water and minerals absorbed by the roots and brings them to all parts of the plant.
300
What are the femal gametes?
Eggs
300
Instead of roots a seedless plant has hairlike fibers called?
rhizoids
400
Coal an doil were formed from plants that died millions of years ago, what are these material called?
fossil fuel
400
Which way does the xylem flow the water and nutrients to the stem? Upward or downward
upward to the leaves
400
What is the function of the leaves?
Where photosynthesis takes place.
400
Wh at is th e name of a sproe-prodcuing plant?
sporophyte
400
Mosses and liverworts grow in what kind of places?
damp
500
In what other way are photosynthetic organisms important to us?
They produce oxygen
500
What is the name of the vascular tissue that flows downward bringing food from the leaves to the stem?
phloem
500
How do bryophytes obtain the water and minerals they need?
The water and minerals are absored directly into the cells by diffusion.
500
What is the name of the proceess where spores inside the capsule of a sporphyte are produced?
meiosis
500
Mosses and liverworts are seedless plants that grow from?
spores