Chapter 28 Biology Vocabulary
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- gametophyte
- plant that produces eggs and sperm
- vascular tissue
- tissue that transports water and dissolved substances from one part of the plant to another
- hornwort
- long, thin, hornlike sporophyte that grows our from the top of the plant which grows in moist, shaded areas and are part of the phylum Anthocerophyta
- parallel venation
- vein arrangement in monocots where they run parallel
- phloem
- carries organic compounds such as carbohydrates and some inorganic nutrients in any direction depending on the plant's needs
- frond
- mature leaves that fiddleheads uncoil and develop
- strobilus
- cluster of sporangia bearing modified leaves
- nonvascular plants
- have three phyla and have neither true vascular tissue nor true roots, stems, or leaves
- net venation
- vein arrangement in dicots that have one or more non parallel veins that branch repeatedly, forming a network
- ovary
- female part of the flower that encloses the egg
- xylem
- carries absorbed water and inorganic nutrients in one direction, from the roots to the stems and leaves
- bryophyte
- three phyla of nonvascular plants
- alteration of generations
- life sycle that alternates between the gametophyte phase and sporophyte phase
- cuticle
- waxy protective covering on plant surfaces that prevents water loss
- monocot
- have one cotydelon
- gymnosperms
- seed plants that produce seeds that are no enclosed in fruits (pine trees)
- seed
- embroyo surrounded by a protective coat
- vascular plants
- have nine phyla and have vascular tissue and true roots, stems, and leaves
- rhizome
- underground stem that most ferns have
- deciduous
- tree that loses its leaves at the end of the growing season
- fiddlehead
- tightly coiled new leaves of ferns
- cone
- reproductive structure composed of hard scales
- liverwort
- unusual-looking plant that grows in moist, shaded areas and are part of the phylum Anthocerophyta
- seedling
- young plant
- cotyledon
- seed leaf
- germinate
- seed sprout
- dicot
- have two cotydelons
- seed plants
- plants that produce seeds for reproduction
- spore
- haploid reproductive cell surrounded by a hard outer wall
- sporophyte
- plant that produces spores
- angiosperms
- seed plants that produce seeds within a protective fruit (flowering plants)
- vein
- bundles of vascular tissue