Plants Vocabulary

3. tightly packed cells in a leaf that make most of the food
5. the group of angiosperms that have vascular bundles evenly distributed throughout their stems
6. a structure produced by some plants to protect the embryo
8. the group of plants that produces flowers and fruits
10. circles in a woody stem that result from different growth rates of xylem at different times of the year
12. an opening in the underside of the leaf that allows gases to move in and out of the leaf
13. layer of living cells that produces new cork cells just under the dead cork of a plant's bark
15. pressure caused by the presence of water inside a plant cell's central vacuole that helps support
16. the vascular tissue that moves sugars throughout a plant

1. thick-walled cell that helps support a plant
2. the vascular tissue that moves water and nutrients throughout a plant
4. group of angiosperms that have vascular bundles in a ring around the outer portion of the stem
7. the vascular tissue of a plant's leaf
9. the group of plants that produces cones
11. loosely packed cells in a leaf that allow gases to move easily into the other layer
14. the waxy coating of plants that helps prevent water loss