Plants Vocabulary
1)
Photosynthesis: process that plants use to make their own
food
2)
Cell wall:
surrounds the cell membrane and supports the plant cell
3)
Chloroplast:
organelle that contain chlorophyll
4)
Nonvascular plant:
plant that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems,
and leaves
5)
Vascular plant:
plant that has specialized tissues that conduct material from one part
of the plant to another
6)
Gymnosperm:
nonflowering seed plant, such as a pine tree
7)
Angiosperm:
flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit, such as apple trees
8)
Pollen:
tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants
9)
Pollination:
transfer of pollen from male to female reproductive structures
10) Xylem: vascular tissue that transports
water
11) Phloem: vascular tissue that
transports food
12) Root: underground part of a plant that
provides water and minerals
13) Stem: part of a plant that connects the plant’s
roots to its leaves and flowers
14) Sepal: one of the outermost rings of
modified leaves that protect the flower bud
15) Petal: one of the ring or rings of the brightly
colored, leaf shaped parts of the flower
16) Stamen: male reproductive
structure of a flower consisting of a filament and anther
17) Pistil: female reproductive
structure of a flower consisting of an ovary, style, and stigma
18) Ovary: lower part of a pistil that
produces eggs in ovules
19) Chlorophyll: green pigment in a
chloroplast that collects sun’s energy
20) Deciduous: trees that lose all
of their leaves around the same time each year
Additional words:
cuticle, rhizoid, rhizome, woody
stem, herbaceous stem, stoma, transpiration, dormant, phototropism,
gravitropism
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