plant term quiz

haploid

haploid

one half of the full compliment of chromosomes

diploid

the full compliment of chromosomes

the sex organ that produces female gametes. in the haploid

archenogonium

antheridium

the sex organ that produces male gametes

sperm

male sex cells

egg

female sex cell

gamete

sex cells that have haploid chromosome number

sporophyte

the diploid (2n) phase of plants life cycles produce haploid spores through meiosis

spore

a haploid reproductive cell produced by meiosis in sporophyte gives rise togametophyte phase in the life cycle

protonema

the young gametophyte of a bryophyte in the early stages after germination of the spore

gametophyte

the haploid (n) phase of a plane life cycles, produces egg and sperm

meiosis

sexual reproduction cell division that result in haploid sex cells

rhizoid

root like structure that anchor plants into soil

zygote

the first cell resulting from the union of male and female sex cells

vascular tissue

xylem and phloem, transports water and food throughout the plant

frond

the leaves of the sperm

bryophyte

non-vascular land plant,produces spores

fern

vascular land plant, produces spores

gymnosperm

vascular land plant produces cones with naked seedd

angiosperm

vascular land plant,produces flower and enclosed seeds with a fruit

monocotyledon

type of angiosperm (flower planing) with one cotyledon (embryonic seed leaf)

dicotyledon

type of angiosperm (flowering plant) with two cotyledonslembryoic seed leaf

sorus

a cluster of sporangis on the bottom of a fern leaf they release spores

rhizome

horizontal underground sterm

prothallus

in ferns, heart shaped gametophyte