A plant that produces seeds in flowers

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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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