Biology Vocab From Chapter 22

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vascular tissue

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type of plant tissue specialized to conduct water

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seed

Back 2

embroyo of a living plant that is encased in a portective covering

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photosythesis

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process by which plants use light energy to power chemical reactions. Convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbs.

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chlorophyll

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principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms

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gametophyte

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haploid, or gamete-producing, phase of an organism

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sporophyte

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diploid, or sporte-producing phase of an oragnism

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diffusion

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process by which molecules that tend to move from an area where they are more concenterated to an area where it is less

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prokaryote

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single-celled microogranism that lacks a nucleus

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parasite

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organism that lives within or on another organism and hamrs that organism by feeding on it

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saprobe

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organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter

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carotene

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absorb light that a and b do not.

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byrophyte

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need water, a non vascular plant

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rhizoid

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long,thin cells that anchor them in the ground

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gemma

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small cup-shaped structure in liverworts. contain haploid cells

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protonema

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mass of tangled green filaments in mosses that form during germination

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antheridium

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male reproductive sturcture

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archegonium

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female reproductive structure