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Chapter 12
Introduction to Plants
A stage in a plant’s life cycle during
which spores are produced
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Sporophyte
A stage in a plant’s life cycle during which
spores are produced
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A stage in a plant’s life cycle during
which eggs and sperm are produced
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Gametophyte
A stage in a plant’s life cycle during which
eggs and sperm are produced
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A plant that depends on the processes
of diffusion and osmosis to move
materials from one part of the plant
to another
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Nonvascular plant
A plant that depends on the processes of
diffusion and osmosis to move materials
from one part of the plant to another
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A plant that has specialized tissues
called xylem and phloem, which
move materials from one part of the
plant to another
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Vascular plant
A plant that has specialized tissues called
xylem and phloem, which move
materials from one part of the plant to
another
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A plant that produces seeds but does
not produce flowers
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Gymnosperm
A plant that produces seeds but does not
produce flowers
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A plant that produces seeds in
flowers
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Angiosperms
A plant that produces seeds in flowers
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Small hairlike threads of cells that
help hold nonvascular plants in place
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Rhizoids
Small hairlike threads of cells that help
hold nonvascular plants in place
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The underground stem of a fern
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Rhizome
The underground stem of a fern
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Dust like particles that carry the male
gametophytes of seed plants
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Pollen
Dust like particles that carry the male
gametophytes of seed plants
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The transfer of pollen to the female cone
in conifers or to the stigma in
angiosperms
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Pollination
The transfer of pollen to the female cone
in conifers or to the stigma in
angiosperms
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A seed leaf inside a seed
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Cotyledon
A seed leaf inside a seed
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Specialized plant tissue that
transports water and minerals from
one part of the plant to another
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Xylem
Specialized plant tissue that transports
water and minerals from one part of the
plant to another
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Specialized plant tissue that transports
sugar molecules from one part of the
plant to another
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Phloem
Specialized plant tissue that transports
sugar molecules from one part of the
plant to another
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A leaf-like structure that covers and
protects an immature flower
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Sepal
A leaf-like structure that covers and
protects an immature flower
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The often colorful structure on a
flower that is usually involved in
attracting pollinators
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Petal
The often colorful structure on a flower
that is usually involved in attracting
pollinators
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The male reproductive structure in
the flower that consists of a filament
topped by a pollen-producing anther
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Stamen
The male reproductive structure in the
flower that consists of a filament topped
by a pollen-producing anther
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The female reproductive structure in
a flower that consists of a stigma,
style and ovary
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Pistil
The female reproductive structure in a
flower that consists of a stigma, style
and ovary
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The flower part that is the tip of the
pistil
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Stigma
The flower part that is the tip of the pistil
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In flowers, the structure that contains
ovules and develops into fruit
following fertilization
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Ovary
In flowers, the structure that contains
ovules and develops into fruit following
fertilization
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