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  • The leaves fall off in autumn and grow back in spring.
    deciduous
  • What is the purpose of rhizomes?
    To hold the moss in place
  • How do moss get water?
    absorbing it through their bodies
  • Many broadleaves can't grow in _____ weather or ____weather.
    cold weather - dry weather
  • What part of moss is the capsule?
    The top where the spores are held
  • The beech tree grows what kind of fruit?
    beechnut
  • Conifers have  ______________ instead of flat leaves.
    needles
  • The leave are green all year round
    ever green
  • Both male and female parts on one plant
    monoecious
  • What do the leaves use to make food?
    light from the sun and nutrients from the earth
  • What is a shrub?
    a plant with no trunk whose branches grow from the ground
  • What is type of tree grows acorns?
    Oak
  • Why are shrubs important for animals?
    for protection and to stay hidden
  • Male and female parts on separate plants
    dioecious
  • How is pollen taken to other flowers?
    Insects and wind
  • What kind of plants has rhizomes?
    Moss
  • What is "bark"? What does the bark do?
    The bark is the wood on the outside of the trunk, it protects the trunk.
  • Angiosperms are _________ plants
    flowering
  • True or False? Angiosperms grow their seeds enclosed in fruit.
    True
  • Gymnosperms are ________ plants
    non-flowering
  • Moss reproduces by releasing ___________
    spores
  • The leaves take in _________ and let out ___________
    carbon dioxide, oxygen
  • True of False? Conifers are gymnosperms
    True
  • Which layer of the forest has eagles, bats and squirrels?
    canopy
  • Beech tree forests have _________ shrub layer.
    no/very little
  • Conifers prefer _______ and ________ places.
    cool, humid
  • What is a seta?
    Like the stem for moss
  • Wild rose shrubs grow on the outer edges of forests, why?
    for the sunlight
  • Where does the seed grow in an angiosperm?
    inside fruit
  • Evergreens don't have flowers, but these instead.
    cones
  • What is a thorn?
    a sharp growth on a plant stem