Chapter 7 vocab
Across
- 2. The leaf of fern plant.
- 6. A chemical that affects growth and development.
- 7. A thin, rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients for the plant.
- 8. An angiosperm that has two seed leaves.
- 9. cap A structure that covers the tip of a root, protecting the root from injury as the root grows through soil.
- 12. plant hormone that speeds up the rate at which a plant's cell grows and controls a plant's response to light.
- 13. The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm.
- 15. The vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants.
- 17. A leaflike structure that encloses and protects the bud of a flower.
- 18. A green photosynthetic pigment found the choroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria.
- 21. The plant structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering.
- 23. The sprouting of the embryo out of a seed.
- 25. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years.
- 26. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season.
- 27. Compressed layers of dead sphagnum mosses that accumulate in bogs.
- 28. The waxy, waterprooof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plant.
Down
- 1. Tiny structure produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes a sperm cell.
- 3. The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds.
- 4. An angiosperm that has only one seed leaf.
- 5. A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and an egg.
- 8. A period of time when an organisms growth or activity stops.
- 10. A plant structure in seeds plants that produces the female gametophyte.
- 11. A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.
- 14. A flower structure that encloses and protects ovules and seeds as they develop.
- 16. The reproductive struccture of an angiosperm.
- 19. Compressed layers of dead sphagnum mosses that accumulate in bogs.
- 20. The female reproductive par of a flower.
- 21. A small opening on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen, water, and carbon dioxide can move.
- 22. A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers.
- 24. A sac-like organelle that stores water, food, and other materials.