Introduction to plants Word Bank: cuticle embryo vascular system xylem frond nonvascular Plant phloem guard cell seed cone stoma gymnosperm angiosperm rhizoid 1. ______________________a waxy layer that covers the non-woody above ground parts of most plants. 2. ______________________permits plant to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. 3. ______________________one of a pair of specialized cells that open and close the stomata. 4. ______________________a system of well developed conducting tissue. 5. ______________________a plant that has no xylem or phloem. 6. ______________________a structure that contains a plant embryo. 7. ______________________a seed plant that produces cones. 8. ______________________tissue that transports organic nutrients. 9. ______________________tissue that transports water and mineral nutrients. 10. ______________________an early stage in the development of a plant or animal. 11. ______________________the structure in mosses that is “root like”. 12. ______________________the leaf or fern 13. ______________________a reproductive structure that produces seeds 14. ______________________a seed plant that produces flowers. Introduction to plants Word Bank: cuticle embryo vascular system xylem frond nonvascular Plant phloem guard cell seed cone stoma gymnosperm angiosperm rhizoid 1. ______________________a waxy layer that covers the non-woody above ground parts of most plants. 2. ______________________permits plant to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. 3. ______________________one of a pair of specialized cells that open and close the stomata. 4. ______________________a system of well developed conducting tissue. 5. ______________________a plant that has no xylem or phloem. 6. ______________________a structure that contains a plant embryo. 7. ______________________a seed plant that produces cones. 8. ______________________tissue that transports organic nutrients. 9. ______________________tissue that transports water and mineral nutrients. 10. ______________________an early stage in the development of a plant or animal. 11. ______________________the structure in mosses that is “root like”. 12. ______________________the leaf or fern 13. ______________________a reproductive structure that produces seeds 14. ______________________a seed plant that produces flowers.