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8th Grade Science

Plants With Seeds

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annual
a plant that completes its life cycle within one growing season
fruit
a ripened ovary that encloses to protect a seed or seeds
gymnosperm
a plant whos seeds are not contained in an ovary
xylem
plant vascular tissue that carris water and minerals from the roots up through a plant and that also helps support a plant
root
a structure in vascular plants whose main functions are typically absoration and anchorage
biennal
a plant that completes its life cycle in two years
lower epidermis
bottom part of the leaf
stem
a structure in vascular plants whose main fuctions are to carry materials between the roots and leaves to support the plant transportation tubes can be herbacious and woody
ovule
structure in a female cone or flower that contains an egg cell and develops into a seed
cone
in plants a reproductive structure of a gymnosperm
nonvascular
a plant that lacks vascular tissue
vein
has the xylem and phloem
phloem
plant vascular tissue that carries food
leaf
a structure in vascular plants whos main fuctions is photosynthesis
sepal
a leaflike structure that protects a developing flower
pistil
a female reproductive organ which consits of a stigma, style, and ovule containing ovary
cuticle
shiny waxy party of a leaf; waterproof covering
seed parts
embryo, seed coat, and stored food ( cotlydon
pollination
the process by which pollen is carried from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures
photosynthesis
the food making process that involves chlorophyll in which light energy is used to make food (glucose) from carbon and water
vascular
a plant that has vascular tissue
pollen
tiny grains produced by male cones and flowers that house the cells that later become sperm cells
petal
a colorful leaflike flower structure that sures to attract pollinators
flower
a reproductive structure of an angiosperm
tropism
in plants, the growth of a plant toward or away from a stimulus
upper epidermis
outermost, top part of a leaf
stamen
a male reproductive organ in a flower which consits of a filament topped by a pollen producing anther
angiosperm
a plant whos seeds are contained in an ovary
perennial
a plant that lives for many years

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