plants

1. Category of plant that has specialized cells, vascular tissue, and produces seeds in flowers; 90% of all currently living plant species belong to the last category.
6. At the top of the carpel is a sticky or feathery surface called the stigma designed to capture ___(two words)____ and send them down to the ovary.
7. Xylem and phloem are organized in many…(two words)
10. A floating organism that does photosynthesis, responsible for 80% of the total photosynthesis on Earth.
15. As the seeds develop, the ovary develops into _______ that surrounds, helps fertilize, and helps disperse the seeds.
16. The action of water molecules pulling each other up a narrow tube (two words).
17. The stalk of the stamen.
21. Leaf-like structure that covers developing flowers.
22. Cones and flowers provide an organized structure where _________ can take place and seeds can develop.
24. Category of plant that has specialized cells but no vascular tissue and does not produce seeds.
25. Plant embryo (baby) that has been encased in its own food supply and protective covering.
26. Tissue that fills the space between vascular bundles in stems, also provides structural support to the plant.
28. The top of the stamen.

2. Mosses and ferns reproduce using…
3. Evaporation of water from plants.
4. Plant category in which the vascular bundles are arranged in a ring in the stem.
5. Asexual reproduction in angiosperm plants (two words) where new plants may grow from the roots, stems, leaves, or small growths called plantlets.
8. The stalk which the pollen grains travel down.
9. Some ocean algae lives in mutual symbiosis with…
10. The part of the flower that visually attracts specific insects, birds, and bats to the flower to aid in pollination.
11. Category of plant that has no specialized cells, no vascular tissue, and does not produce seeds.
12. Plant that has specialized cells and vascular tissue, but does not produce seeds.
13. The male parts of the flower. They are stalks that support the pollen grains. Flowers normally have multiple of these.
14. Plant category in which the vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem.
18. Tissue responsible for transporting water upward from the roots.
19. The female part of the flower (also called a pistil).
20. Tissue that carries nutrients like sugars around the plant (both upward and downward directions from the leaves) to the parts of the plant where need nutrients.
23. Category of plant that has specialized cells, vascular tissue, and produces seeds in cones.
27. At the base of the carpel is the _______ where eggs are formed and where seeds later develop.