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CHAPTER
3
PLANTS
Daily Vocabulary Scaffolding
transpiration
(3.1)
(3.3)
the movement of water vapor out of a
plant and into the air
tiny multicellular grains that contain the
undeveloped sperm cells of a plant
vascular system
gymnosperm
(3.1)
(3.3)
long tubelike tissues in plants through
which water and nutrients move from
one part of the plant to another
a plant that produces seeds that are not
enclosed in flowers or fruit
seed
angiosperm
(3.3)
(3.4)
a plant embryo that is enclosed in a
protective coating and has its own
source of nutrients
a plant that has flowers and produces
seeds enclosed in fruit
embryo
flower
(3.3)
(3.4)
a multicellular organism, plant or animal,
in its earliest stages of development
the reproductive structure of an
angiosperm, containing male and
female parts
germination
fruit
(3.3)
the beginning of growth of a new plant
from a spore or a seed
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pollen
(3.4)
the ripened ovary of a flowering plant
that contains the seeds