Chapter 11 science vocab.
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- Vascular plants that produce seeds on the scales of female cones
- gymnosperms
- Vascular plants in which the seed is enclosed inside a fruit.
- Angiosperms
- Have one seed leaf inside their seeds
- monocots
- Have two seed leaves inside their seeds
- dicots
- Made up of tubular vessels that transport water and minerals up from the roots throughout the plant.
- xylem
- These cells move food from leaves and stems, where it is made, to other parts of the plant for direct use or storage.
- phloem
- Tissue that produces new xylem and phloem cells.
- cambium
- They allow carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen to enter and exit a leaf.
- stomata
- These open and close the pores.
- guard cells
- The female reproductive part of the plant.
- ovule
- These structures contain sperm, and they develop on the smaller male cones.
- pollen grains
- The male reproductive organ of the flower.
- stamen
- The female reproductive organ of a flower.
- pistil
- This is the swollen base of the pistil where ovules form.
- ovary
- The transer of pollen grains from the stamen to the stigma is this process.
- pollination