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14 Cards in this Set
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producers
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green plants which make food through photosynthesis
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consumers
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animals and people who eat the plants
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herbivores
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plant-eating animals
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carnivores
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meat-eating animals
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photosynthesis
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the food-manfacturing process
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chloroplasts
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chemical factories containing chlorophyll which absorb some of the energy from the sunlight
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chlorophyll
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the green pigment of plants
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ATP
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andenosine triphosphate; the chemical which is made by chlorophyll from the light energy which it absorbs
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glucose
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the simple sugar made by plants when they combine hydrogen and carbon dioxide
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stomata, sing. stoma
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"little mouths"; tiny holes or pores located on the underside of the leaf
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starches
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complex chains of glucose units
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cellulose
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a carbohydrate found in the cell wall of plant cells
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vitamins
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products of photosynthesis
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respiration
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a process which breaks down food made during photosynthesis and the energy released is used to carry out other functions in the plant
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