notesonplants

they do photosynthesis which is where they controll there own food and everything. plants are closely related as a protist algae. they also have relation to land plants. plants are one of the best things in the world because they are the things that provide oxygen which we all need to live. a female phalageum is the egg in the plant. they all produce male and female spores. they need animals or just wind to travel there seed to another plant. plants have lessened there need for water. pollen dont need water anymore. for examples there are similarities between plants and green algae 1.) genetic sequences 2.) chloroplast structure and pigments 3.) cellular biochemistry. phloem is the tissue of a vascular plant that conducts dissolved organic nutrients from one part of the plant to another. xylem is the woody tissue of a vascular plant that conducts water and minerals up from the soil. ovule is an organ of an seed plant containing gametophyte and within that is an egg. pollen is the fertalizing agent of seed plants containing immature male gametophyte. plants evolved from green algae.