Plant Terms Unit 3

A flowering vascular plant that produces fruit that contains 1 or more seeds.

• angiosperm
• cambium
• cellulose
• cuticle

Waxy protective layer that covers the stems, leaves and flowers of many plants and helps prevent water loss

• angiosperm
• cambium
• cellulose
• cuticle

Chemical compound made out of sugar

• angiosperm
• cambium
• cellulose
• cuticle

Vascular tissue that produces xylem and phloem cells as a plant grows.

• angiosperm
• cambium
• cellulose
• cuticle

Pairs of cells that surround the stomata and control their opening and closing.

• Dicot
• guard cells
• gynosperms
• monocot

Angiosperm with one cotyledon inside its seed.

• dicot
• guard cells
• gymnosperms
• monocot

Angiosperm with two cotyledons inside its seed.

• dicot
• guard cells
• gymnospersm
• monocot

Vascular plants that do not flower.

• dicot
• guard cells
• gymnosperms
• monocot

A plant that absorbs water and substances through its cell wall instead of through tubelike structures.

• non-vascular
• phloem
• pioneer species
• rhizome 

First organisms to grow in or disturb an area.

• Non-vascular
• phloem
• pioneer species
• rhizome