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Chapter 28 Vocab.

Modern Biology Textbook, Chapter 28 Section 1 and 2 Vocab.

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A waxy or fatty and watertight layer on the external wall of epidermal cells is what?
Cuticle
A reproductive cell or multicellular stucture that is resistant to environmental conditions is what?
Spore
A reproductive cell or muticellular structure that can develop into an adult without fusion with another cell.
Spore
A plant embryo that is enclosed in a protective coat.
Seed
the specialized conducting tissue that is found in higher plants and that is made up mostly of xylem and phloem.
Vascular Tissue
The type of tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots.
Xylem
In vascular plants, the tissue that carries organic and inorganic nutrients in any direction, depending on the plants needs.
Phloem
The three groups of plants (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves.
Nonvascular Plant
A plant that has true roots, stems, and leaves and a vascular system composed of xylem and phloem.
Vascular Plant
A plant that produces seeds.
Seed Plant
A woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.
Gymnosperm
A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
Angiosperm
In plants and algae that have alternation of generations with diploid individual or generation that produces haploid spores.
Sporophyte
In alternation of generations, the phase in which gametes are formed.
Gametophyte
The alternation of sexual reproduction and a sexual reproduction in certain plants and animals.
Alternation of Generations
A plant that has no vascular tissue and absorbs nutrients and water from the soil through rootlike hairs.
Bryophyte
A group of bryophytes that grow close to the ground in moist, shady areas and that arecharacterized by unique structures on the gametophyte.
Liverwort
A group of bryophytes that grow close to the ground in moist shady areas, and are characterized by long, thin, photosynthetic sporophytes.
Hornwort
A member of the phylum Hepatophyta.
Liverwort
A member of the phylum Anthocerophyta.
Hornwort