Plant Evolution and Classification Vocabulary

early plant adaptation; a waxy protective covering on plant surfaces that prevents water loss

haploid reproductive cell surrounded by a hard outer wall

embryo surrounded by a protective coat

<p>tissue that provides nourishment for the developing plant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>type of tissue that transports water and dissolved substances from one part of the plant to another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>carries water and inorganic nutrients in one direction, from the roots to the stems and leaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>carries organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, and some inorganic nutrients in any direction, depending on the plant's needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>tissue that is formed from several layers of xylem and that is usually concentrated in the center of the stem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>plant that is soft and green</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>plants that have specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>plants that produce seeds for reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>produce seeds that are not enclosed in fruits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>flowering plants; produce seeds within a protective fruit</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the diploid individual or generation that produces haploid spores</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a haploid individual that produces gametes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>type of life cycle which alternates between the gametophyte phase and the sporophyte phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the three phyla of nonvascular plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>rootlike structures which hold gametophytes in soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>peat moss</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>flat body with distinguishable upper and lower surfaces</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cone; cluster of sporangia-bearing modified leaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>underground stem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>tightly coiled new leaves of ferns</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>developed and uncoiled fiddleheads</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>embryo begins to grow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>young plant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>reproductive structure composed of hard scales</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>trees that lose their leaves at the end of the growing season</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>drug that is used as a decongestant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>female part of the flower that encloses the egg</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>seed leaves in a plant embryo</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>have one cotyledon in their embryo</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>have two cotyledons in their embryo</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>bundles of vascular tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>veins running parallel to each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>veins that branch repeatedly, forming an interconnected network</p> Signup and view all the answers