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36 Cards in this Set
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diffusion |
Particles going to a lesser concentration from a higher concentration |
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osmosis |
The diffusion of water through a differentially permeable membrane |
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transpiration |
Water is taken in by a plant or an animal evaporates from the organism |
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moss campion |
it is common cushion plant found it the rocky mountains slopes. |
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duckweed |
It is a common plant found on ponds in the spring and summer, has tiny roots that grow off the underside of the leaf and surrounded by water. |
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sequoia |
Trees that have the tallest stems in the world. They can grow up as high as 110m. The bark can be as thick as 50m |
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cotvledon |
Food for plants. |
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phloem |
Layer of cells that carries the sugar from the leaves to the rest of the tree. As the cells die, they become part of the outer bark. |
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xylem |
Carries the water and nutrients from the roots up to the leaves. As a new layer develop, the inner layers die and become heartwood |
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cambium |
Is the growing part of the trunk. Each year the cambium produces new phloem and xylem. |
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morphine |
Is a powerful pain medication, is found only in the thick fluid of the opium poppy seed pot. It cannot be manufactured. |
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codeine |
It is also found in the opium poppy. It is used in cough medicines and for the relief of other cold symptoms. |
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opium poppy |
It is the source of morphine, and its the most powerful medication of all. |
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embryo |
It is a plant growing inside a seed. |
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heartwood |
It is the dead wood in the centre of the tree. It gives the tree its strength. |
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selective breeding |
Involves to plant with particular charactersists to reproduce. |
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sexual reproduction |
Involves 2 plants to reproduce. |
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asexual |
When a single plant grows new plants from tis roots or stems or leaves. |
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layering |
A process used in plant reproduction whereby plants reproduce from its stem |
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grafting |
A process whereby a branch is taken from one tree and attached to another one. |
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cutting |
Where a small section of leaf and stem is cut from a parent plant and grow into a new plant. |
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Foxglove
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A plant such as pernniall |
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Garlic |
is a nautral antibiotic |
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Ginko Bilboa |
can improve mental activity. Apparently increases the supply of oxgen to the brain |
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Aloe Vera |
is a plant used to help skin conditions |
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Ginseng |
Simulates the nervous system |
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Feverfew |
Is know to relive headaches pain. |
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Echinacea |
Used in combat colds and flu, and system of run-in noses sore throat, ect. |
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Respritaion |
in the cells of living things a process in which oxygen is used to get energy from food and is converted into carbon dioxide |
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Silk |
it is obtained from the mulberry silkworm |
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Stomata |
it is used for gas exchange it is a pore garden by the cell gards. they open in the daytime and close at night. |
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Germination |
is the delvelmopent into a new seed |
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Hardiness |
A plants ability to withstand certain enviroment coditons |
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Yield |
The amount |
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