Ch. 22 Plant Diversity
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| A non vascular plant (often a moss or liverwort) that is dependent on environmental moisture for reproductive and nutritive functions. | ||
| plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body | ||
| hollow plant cell in xylem tissue with thick cell walls that resist pressure | ||
| vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant | ||
| vascular tissue responsible for the transport of nutrients and the carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis | ||
| Underground organ in plants that absorbs water and minerals | ||
| photosynthetic organ that contains one or more bundles of vascular tissue | ||
| in plants, a cluster of vascular tissue in leaves; in animals, a blood vessel that returns blood to the heart | ||
| supporting structure that connects roots and leaves and carries water and nutrients between them | ||
| seed plant that bears its seeds directly on the surfaces of cones | ||
| Flowering plant; bears its seeds within a layer of tissue that protects the seed. | ||
| In gymnosperms, a seed-bearing structure; in the retina of the eye, a phtoreceptor that responds to light of different colors, producing color vis | ||
| Seed-bearing structure of an angiosperm | ||
| male gametophyte in seed plants | ||
| the transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants | ||
| embryo of a living plant that is encased in a protective covering and surrounded by a food supply | ||
| Organism in it's early stage of development | ||
| structure that surrounds and protects a plant embryo and keeps it from drying out | ||
| Wall of tissue surrounding an angiosperm seed | ||
| angiosperm whose seeds have one cotyledon | ||
| Angiosperm whose seeds have two cotyledons. | ||
| First leaf or first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant. |
