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29 Cards in this Set
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Process in which plants make food?
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photosynthesis
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Tough covering that protects a seed?
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seed coat
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Process in which oxygen combines with food, releasing energy?
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respiration
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Small openings usually found on the bottom surfaces of leaves
are__________? |
stomates
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A branch is grafted onto a tree. What tissues of the branch and the
tree must grow together for the branch to get water & food? |
phloem & xylem
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A green structure found in many plant cells and in which food is
made is a ______. |
chloroplast
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A kind of tissue called ______ makes up tubes that carry food
through a plant? |
phloem
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A kind of tissue called ______ makes up tubes that carry water and
minerals through a plant? |
xylem
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Female reporductive part that contains the ovary?
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pistil
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Green pigment that absorbs energy from sunlight?
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Chlorophyll
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Joining of a sperm and an egg cell?
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fertiliztion
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Male reproductive cell?
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sperm
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Name 2 things a seedling need for growth?
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light & water
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Name one condition necessary for seed germination?
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temperature
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Name the male reproductive part of a flower?
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stamen
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Part of a seed that develops into a young plant?
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germination
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Process by which pollen grains move from a stamen to a pistil?
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pollination
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Through what threadlike structures do materials enter the roots of a
plant? |
root hair
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What are the four steps of germination?
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1.water enters the seed-causing it to swell-and seed splits opens
2.Root continues to grow & a stem pushes up through soil. The seed coat falls off 3.Young leaves grow & open.the leaves begin to make food 4.Roots & leaves continue to develop as the stored food is used. Seed has become a seedling. |
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What are two ways a flowering plant can reproduce without seeds?
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grafting & cuttings
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What are two ways in which flowers are pollinated?
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wind & insects
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What food substance do plants make by the process of photsynthesis?
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sugar
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What is the Photsynthesis formula?
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water+carbon dioxide+energy+sugar+oxygen
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What is the respiration formula?
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food+oxygen+energy+carbon dioxide+water
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What must happen to the guard cells of a stoma before the stoma
opens? |
it has to swell with the water
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What part of a flower becomes a fruit?
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ovary gets bigger & develops into a fruit
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What part of a flower becomes a seed?
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ovale
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What part of a seed develops into a young plant?
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embryo
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part of the pistil that contains ovules?
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ovary
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