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What is a Bryophyte?

Moss

What is a Coniferophyte?

Cone bearing plant

What is an Apical Meristem?

Plant tissue at the tips of the roots and stem

What is a Lateral Meristem?

Tissues that increase the width of the plant

What is a Pterophyte?

Seedless vascular plant

What is the Stamen?

Male part of the flower

What is the Pistil?

Female part of the flower

What are Stomata?

Pores that allow gas exchange

What is a Hormone in plants?

Chemical made in one part of an organism that affects another part

What is a Petiole?

The part of a leaf that attaches the blade to the stem

What is the purpose of fruit?

To protect the seeds

Is a flower with parts in multiples of 3 a monocot or a dicot?

Monocot

The cotyledon in a plant is the equivalent of what in an egg?

Yolk

What is a root growing towards gravity an example of?

Positive tropism (gravitropism)

Why is cross pollination important?

It increases genetic diversity

How do Bryophytes move water?

Osmosis

What does a perfect flower have?

Both Pistil and Stamen

What is the basis for all life on earth?

Plants

What is formed when pollen reaches the egg?

Zygote

What pigment do plants use for photosynthesis?

Chlorophyll

What are the most common plants on earth?

Angiosperms

What forms an accessory fruit?

From both the Carpel and the ovary

Where is dermal tissue found?

On the outside of the plant

Why did plants develop the Cuticle?

To prevent water loss

What is not evidence for the theory that land plants are descended from green algae?

Cell walls made of chitin

How do Pterophytes reproduce?

Via spores

Is a flower with parts in multiples of 4 or 5 a monocot or a dicot?

Dicot

Why do flowers show bright colors?

To attract pollinators

Name 3 ways seeds are transported.

Wind currents, Water runoff, and Animal movement

What are two differences between Monocots and Dicots?

Monocots have one cotyledon and parallel leaf venation; Dicots have two cotyledons and branched leaf venation

What are the anatomical parts of a leaf?

Cuticle, Vascular bundle, Palisade Mesophyll

List 2 methods of pollination.

Wind pollination (anemophily) and Animal/Insect pollination (zoophily/entomophily)

If a plant's leaves have veins that run parallel, what type of plant is it?

Monocot

List 2 differences between xylem and phloem.

Xylem moves water/minerals upward and has dead cell walls; Phloem distributes sugars multidirectionally and consists of living tissue