5.5 Terminology

  • The conducting tissue transports water from the plant’s root to its leaves and sugar from the plant’s leaves to its root.
  • In pollination, pollen from a stamen is transported to the pistil. 
  • Flowering plants reproduce sexually with the help of flowers. The pollen of one flower fertilizes the egg cell of another flower, producing a seed. The seed grows into a new plant individual. 
  • Sporiferous plants reproduce sexually with the help of spores. Each spore can grow into a new plant individual. No fertilization takes place.
  • Sexual reproduction occurs with the help of gametes (sex cells).
  • Asexual reproduction is reproduction that takes place without gametes, for example with the help of runners or spores.
  • Plants require nutrients such as nitrogen to grow.
  • In photosynthesis, plants use energy from sunlight to produce sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water.
  • The roots of an aerial shoot plant are in the ground under water, and most of the plant is located above the water’s surface.
  • The roots of a floating-leaf plant are in the ground under water, and most of its leaves float on the water’s surface.
  • Submerged plants grow completely under water. Only their flower might come up to the surface.