Plant Structure and Function Vocab

Flowering plants are called

• angiosperms

• gymnosperms

Plants that bear seeds inside cones are called

• angiosperms

• gymnosperms

The sticky or feathery part of a flower that captures pollen

• style

• stamen

• stigma

• carpel/pistil

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The male part of a flower

• style

• stamen

• stigma

• carpel/pistil

The female part of a flower

• style

• stamen

• stigma

• carpel/pistil

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Specialized cells that regulate movement of gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) into and out of leaves

• xylem

• filament

• guard cells

• phloem

Openings in a leaf that allow gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) to diffuse into and out of leaves

• xylem

• filament

• stomata

• phloem

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When a seed sprouts into a plant, this is known as

• fertilization

• germination

• pollination

When pollen is transferred form the male reproductive parts of a flower to the female reproductive parts, this is known as

• fertilization

• germination

• pollination

The tissue at the tip of a plant root that protects the growing root

• stigma

• anther

• sepal

• root cap