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Plant Diversity
Plants and their relatives
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Biology
10th Grade
11/09/2008

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Gametophyte
Definition
Haploid, gamete producing plant
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Sporophyte
Definition
Diploid, spore-producing plant
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Bryophyte
Definition
Mosses and their relatives. Nonvascular plants
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Rhizoid
Definition
Long, thin cells that anchor them in the ground and absorb water and minerals from the surrounding oil.
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Gemmae
Definition
Small multicellular spherees that contain many haploid cells.
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Protonema
Definition
Young gametophyte
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Antheridium
Definition
Where the sperm are produced.
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Archegonia
Definition
Where the egg cells are produced.
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Vascular Tissue
Definition
a type of tissure that is specialized to conduct water and nutrients throught the body of the plant.
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Tracheids
Definition
The key cells in xylem.
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Xylem
Definition
a form of vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of the plant.
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Phloem
Definition
transports solutions of nutrients and carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis.
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Lignin
Definition
a substance that makes cell walls rigid.
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Roots
Definition
underground organs that absorb water and minerals.
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Leaves
Definition
photosynthetic organs that contain one or more bundles of vascular tissue
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Stems
Definition
supporting structures that connect roots and leaves, carrying water and nutrients between them
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Rhizome
Definition
creeping or underground stems
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Fronds
Definition
Large Leaves
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Sporangium
Definition
Tiny containers where fronds are procuced
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Sori
Definition
Clusters of Sporangia
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Gymnosperm
Definition
bear their seeds directly on the surfaces of cones
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Angiosperm
Definition
flowering plants, bear their seeds within a layer of tissure that protects the seed
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Cones
Definition
seed-bearing structures of gymnosperms
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Flowers
Definition
the seed bearing structures of angiosperms
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Pollen Grain
Definition
where the engire male gametophyte is contained
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Pollination
Definition
the transfer of pollen from the male gametophyte to the female gametophyte
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Seed
Definition
an embryo of a plant that is encased in a protective covering and surrounded by a food supply.
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Embryo
Definition
the early developmental stage of the sporophyte plant
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Seed Coat
Definition
surrounds and protects the embryo and keeps the contents of the seed from drying out.
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What four things are classified as gymnosperms?
Definition
Gnetophytes, cycads, ginkgoes, and conifers.
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Fruit
Definition
a thick wall of tissue surrounding the seed which is another reason for the succes of flowers
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Monocot
Definition
have one seed leaf
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Dicot
Definition
two seed leaves
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Cotyledon
Definition
seed leaves
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Annual
Definition
Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season
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Biennials
Definition
Angiospersms that complete their life cycle in to years
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Perennials
Definition
Flowering plants that live for more that two years
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