Plant Vocab

3. Low nonvascular plant; Example: mosses
5. Vascular plant that dispenses spores; Example: ferns
6. The female reproductive organ of a flower consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style
9. the male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament
11. Transferring pollen from a male anther to the female stigma
12. The inner tissue of a leaf, containing many chloroplasts
15. Vascular plant that is flowering- producing covered seeds; Example: apple tree
17. Plant that has xylem and phloem
18. is the part of a seed or bud that contains the earliest forms of a plant's roots, stem and leaves
19. Thick waxy covering on a plant leaf
20. Vascular plant that produces naked seeds; Example: pine tree
23. One section of the life cycle of plants, produces sexual gametes

1. First leaves to appear from a germinating seed
2. When pollen penetrates the egg of a flower
4. Transports water and minerals throughout the plant
6. Polysaccharide that is the main part of plant cell walls
7. Transports food and nutrients throughout the plant
8. Female structure produces seeds, male structure produces pollen
9. One section of the life cycle of plants, produces asexual spores
10. Plant that does not have xylem and phloem must rely on diffusion of water
13. Cells The cells on the outside of the hole that open and close the stomata
14. The development of a seed to a plant
16. Energy storage in plants, made of carbohydrates
21. coat The protective outer coat of a seed
22. Holes on the underside of leaves to bring in CO2 and release H2O/O2