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Details Title: Kingdom: Plant Description: Biology Chapters 21 & 22 Total Flash Cards: 25 Created: 02/08/2004 05:38:05	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Angiosperms Definition The classification for all flowering plants Term Cycadales Definition Look like palm trees; found in tropical regions Term Ginkgoales Definition Large trees with strange leaves; called maidenhair Term Coniferales Definition Plants bearing woody cones (protects the plant embryo) Term Seed Cones Definition woody cones that take several months to develop; contain seeds Term Pollen Cones Definition Smaller than seed cones; found on the tip of the branch; shed their pollen, and then fall of the tree Term Examples of CONIFERALES Definition Pines, Spruce, Firs, Seqouias, most are Evergreens Term Gnetophytes Definition Grow in deserts Term Subclasses of Angiosperms Definition 1) Monocotyledonae 2) Dicotyledonae Term Cotyledon Definition the seed leaf; food resevoir Term Vegetative Organs of Plants Definition 1) Roots 2) Stems 3) Leaves Term ROOTS Definition :Anchors plant :Absorbs water/minerals Term STEMS Definition :conducts water/minerals up :Conducts food down to roots Term LEAVES Definition :center of photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration Term Transpiration Definition process to get rid of extra water Term Reproductive Organ of Plants Definition Flowers Term General Charecteristics of TRACHEOPHYTES Definition 1) Have vascular tissue 2) Probably evolved from algae Term STRUCTURE of Ferns Definition 1) Rhizomes 2) Frond 3) Sori(Sorus) -1- Sporangium Term Rhizome Definition the underground stem; roots come out Term Frond Definition leaves the we observe Term Sori(Sorus) Definition reproductive structures of the fern Term REPRODUCTION of Ferns Definition :needs water for the fertilization process, whcih is why ferns are in moist areas Term Prothallus Definition the tiny, heart shaped gametophyte the develops from the spore of the fern Term CLUB MOSSES and HORSETAILS Definition :have life cycle like a fern :the sporophyte generation is prominent Term CLUB MOSSES and HORSETAILS Definition :have life cycle like a fern :the sporophyte generation is prominent