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The process by which producers, such as plants, make their own food by using energy from the Sun.
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photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis takes place primarily in the leaves of plants.
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Main function of _______:
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leaf
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Tiny cell structures that contain a green pigment called chlorophyll and collects light energy from the Sun.
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chloroplast
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Substance that uses the Sun's light energy to change carbon dioxide and water into food or glucose.
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chlorophyll
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Food produced by plants that is like sugar.
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glucose
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The process of using oxygen to release energy from food.
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cell respirtation
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Animals and plants release carbon dioxide as a waste product of cell respiration.
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Waste product of plants.
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oxygen
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In leaves, leafstalks, roots, stems or other plant parts as starch.
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Where do plants store food?
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1. to grow
2. to produce seeds 3. to carry out life functions 4. to release energy in food |
Name ways plants use energy in glucose.
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A growth response of a plant to conditions in the environment, such as light or water.
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tropism
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Growing toward a light source is an example of a plant tropism.
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Growing toward the center of the Earth like roots do is called.
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geotropic response
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Roots grow down into the soil to get water and nutrients.
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Grow toward sunlight.
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Name the direction that leaves and stems grow towards.
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Stems may bend toward a light source.
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When plant roots grow toward a wet area.
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hydrotropic response
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When roots come into contact with moist soil, they grow toward the moisture.
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Threadlike parts on some plants that wrap around objects to support the plant.
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tendrils
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This response is called thigmotropism or response to touch.
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The process of breaking down food into nutrients that cells can absorb.
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digestion
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Digestion in a frog provides it with the energy needed to carry out its life processes.
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Used to build new cells and to repair damaged cells.
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the nutrients in food
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the digestive system
the respiratory system (oxygen--lungs) the circulatory system (heart & blood) the excretory (waste) system & digestive system |
animal body systems
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1. mouth, 2. stomach, 3. esophagus, stomach, kidney, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
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parts of the digestive system
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