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Scientists who study plants

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Botanists

2
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“Tubes” that move water and nutrients throughout some plants

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Vascular system

3
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The next largest taxon used for plants under kingdom; same as “phylum” used in other kingdoms

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Division

4
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Plants that do not contain vascular tissue; examples: mosses and liverworts

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Nonvascular plants

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Plants that do contain vascular tissue but produce spores and instead of seeds; example: ferns

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Seedless vascular plants

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Vascular plants that may produce seeds in a cone; example: Pinetree

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Gymnosperms

7
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Vascular plants that produce seeds by flowers; example: Apple tree

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Angiosperms

8
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A term used to describe all nonvascular plants such as mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

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Bryophytes

9
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Root like structures that anchor mosses

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Rhizoids

10
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A term for all vascular plants

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Tracheophyte

11
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“Tubes” that move water and nutrients throughout some plants

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Vascular tissue

12
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The tissues that transport water and nutrients up the plant (from the roots up to the stem and to the leaves)

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Xylem

13
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The tissues that carry food from the leaves to wherever it is needed

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Phloem

14
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The thick underground stems of ferns

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Rhizomes

15
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The leaves of ferns

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Fronds

16
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Brownish spore cases found on the underside of fern fronds

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Sporangia

17
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A vascular plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed in a fruit

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Gymnosperm

18
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A type of gymnosperm that produced seeds in cones

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Conifers

19
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A gametophyte structure that carries the male gamete

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Pollen

20
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The transfer of pollen from the male structure to the female structures of a plant

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Pollination

21
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A vascular plant that produces flowers

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Angiosperm

22
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A leaf part of an embryo that is present in a seed; also called the “seed leaf”

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Cotyledon

23
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Flowering plant that has only one cotyledon per seed

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Monocot

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Flowering plant that has two cotyledon per seed

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Divot

25
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Female part of the flower (also called the carpel)

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Pistil

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The part of the pistil that contains egg cells (female gametes)

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Ovary

27
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Male part of the flower

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Stamen

28
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The part of the stamen that produces pollen

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Anther

29
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Small structures that contain sperm cells (male gamete)

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Pollen

30
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In angiosperms the transfer of pollen from the male anther to the female pistil

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Pollination

31
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The Union of sperm and egg

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Fertilization