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The process in which plants use energy from sunlight tomake food from carbon dioxide and water. |
Photosynthesis |
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A green pigment that captures energy from the sunlight. |
Chlorophyll |
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organisms that make their own food. |
Producer |
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A plant that doesn’t have specialized tissues to movewater and nutrients through the plant. |
Nonvascular plant |
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A plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materialsfrom one part of the plant to another. |
Vascular plant |
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Nonflowering seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed byan ovary or a fruit. |
Gynosperm |
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Flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit. |
Angiosperm |
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The tiny granules that contain the sperm of seed plants. |
Pollen |
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The transfer of pollen from the male reproductivestructure to the females structures of seed plants. |
Pollination |
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Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals to theplant. |
Xylem |
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The tissue that conducts food in vascular plants. |
Phloem |
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Stems that are soft, thin, and flexible. |
Herbaceous stems |
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Rigid stems that are made of wood and bark. |
Woody stems |
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Tiny openings in leaves that let carbon dioxide enter theleaf. |
Stomata |
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Outermost rings of modified leaves that protect the flowerbud. |
Sepal |
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usually brightly colored, broad flat, leaf-shaped parts of aflower. |
Petal |
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The male reproductive structure of flowers. |
Stamen |
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The female reproductive structure of flowers. |
Pistil |
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The lower part of a pistil that produces eggs in ovules. |
Ovary |
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The process by which plants release water vapor into theair through the stomata of leaves. |
Transpiration |
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The inactive state of the seed. |
Dormant |
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The sprouting of a seed. |
Germination |
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A change in the direction a plant grows that is caused bylight. |
Phototropism |
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The change in plant growth in response to the direction ofgravity. |
Gravitropism |
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Trees that shed some leaves year-round so that someleaves are always on the trees. |
Evergreen |
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Trees that lose all their leaves around the same time eachyear. |
Deciduous |
