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  • What is the function of the chloroplast?
    to turn energy from the sun into food (photosynthesis)
  • What are 2 functions of a plant's roots?
    anchor the plant into the ground, get water into the plant from the ground
  • Name an example of a plant that doesn't have seeds.
    mosses, liverworts, hornworts, ferns, club mosses, horsetails
  • What is the function of a cell wall?
    to protect the inside of the plant cell
  • Name one difference and one similarity between vascular seed and vascular seedless plants
    similarity- both have vascular tissue difference- vascular seed plants have seeds, vascular seedless plants have spores
  • What type of plant is a moss?
    nonvascular plant
  • Do all plants have vascular tissue?
    NO
  • Plants reproduce using seeds or ______________________.
    spores
  • What are 2 special structures that only plane cells have?
    cell wall and chloroplasts
  • What is the classification of plants that have vascular tissue and seeds?
    vascular seed plants
  • What type of plant is a rose?
    angiosperm
  • If vascular seedless plants don't have seeds, what do they use to reproduce?
    spores
  • Why do plants have cuticles? (2 reasons)
    protection from insects, keeps water inside of leaves
  • What type of plant is a fern?
    vascular seedless
  • What are the 2 types of vascular seed plants?
    gymnosperms and angiosperms
  • What does phloem carry around the plant?
    sugar (food)
  • Are plants producers or consumers?
    producers
  • Plants spread their seeds in what 3 ways?
    wind, water, and animals
  • What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?
    gymnosperms have seeds in a cone, angiosperms have seeds in a flower
  • True or false: Most plants are nonvascular plants
    False, over 90% of plants are vascular plants.
  • What is vascular tissue?
    soaks up water from the ground into the plant
  • What are the two types of vascular tissue?
    xylem and phloem
  • Plants use energy from the sun to make ______________ (food)
    glucose
  • What type of plant is a pine tree?
    gymnosperm
  • Plants make food using energy from the ______________________.
    sun
  • What is the classification of plants that have vascular tissue and spores?
    vascular seedless
  • Are plants eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
    eukaryotic
  • Which types of plants are taller: vascular plants or nonvascular plants?
    vascular plants
  • What does xylem carry around the plant?
    water
  • What is the waxy layer on leaves used for protection and to keep water inside?
    cuticle