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germinate |
when a seed begins growing; plants need moisture, favorable temperature, and oxygen in order to germinate
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What are the three things plants need in order to germinate?
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moisture, favorable temperature, and oxygen
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radicle
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tiny root
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dormant
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inactive
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pumule
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tiny shoot
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first stage of germination
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the seed begins to swell by soaking up or absorbing water
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second stage of germination
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the embryo grows a radicle
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final stage of germination
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the emergence of the pumule and the growth of the radicle into a root system
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photosynthesis
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the food-making process of plants
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seedling
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what a young plant is called when it no longer depends on the cotyledons for nourishment
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annual
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a plant which develops from a seed and produces new seeds in a single growing season; it completes its entire life cycle in on growing season
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biennials
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plants that live through two growing seasons in order to complete their life cycles
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perennials
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plants which live from year to year and bloom each season
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herbaceous
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non woody
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herbaceous perennials
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plants which die during the winter but in the spring of the next growing season, a new shoot grows from under ground roots or stems
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