Plants

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epidermis

Back 1

thin outer layer of cells

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xylem

Back 2

part of vascular system that carries glucose from the roots to other parts of a plant

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stoma

Back 3

a small hole in the epidermis of a leaf

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guard cell

Back 4

cells that work together to open and close a leaf's stoma

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transpiration

Back 5

loss of water from a leaf

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phloem

Back 6

part of a vascular system that carries glucose throughout the plant

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herbaceous plants

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green, easy to bend, die in cold weather, grow new stems each year, have xylem and phloem

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woody plants

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grow tall, don't die in cold weather, have xylem and phloem

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tropism

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plant behavior caused by growth toward or away from something in the environment

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photosynthesis

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the process in which plants make glucose and oxygen

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cellular respiration

Back 11

the process by which cells break down glucose with the release of energy

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cuticle

Back 12

the waxy layer that covers a leaf and prevents water loss

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glucose

Back 13

contains energy that the plant uses for life functions.

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chlorophyll

Back 14

found in the chloroplast of leaves and enables a plant to make its own food. Also makes the plant green.

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Equation for photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide and water, in the presence of light energy and chlorophyll, will produce glucose and oxygen

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Equation for cellular respiration

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Glucose plus oxygen will produce carbon dioxide, water and energy.

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agiosperms

Back 17

Vascular seed plants that produce flowers. Seeds are produced in the plant's fruit.

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gymnosperms

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vascular woody plants with needles or woody scales that produce their seeds in cones. They do not produce flowers.

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germination

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the time a plant starts to grow from a seed

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embryo

Back 20

the part of the seed that grows into a new plant

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seeds

Back 21

contain multicellular embryos that develop into a new plant

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spores

Back 22

contain a single cell that develops into a new plant

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geotropism or gravitropism

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a plant's response to gravity

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phototropism

Back 24

a plant's response to light

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thigmotropism

Back 25

a plant's response to touch

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hydrotropism

Back 26

causes the plant to grow towards water

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taproots

Back 27

roots that store extra food made by a plant

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mitochondria

Back 28

the cell part where energy is released

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stems

Back 29

part of plant that provides support and contains xylem and phloem to move water, minerals and glucose throughout the plant.

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roots

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part of a plant that anchor the plant to the ground, take up water and minerals from the soil and store glucose.