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chloroplasts
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are tiny cell structures containing a green pigment chlorophyll.Where photosynthesis takes place
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glucose
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is the food produced by a plant,a form of sugar
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photosynthesis
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photo means "light" and synthesis means "joining together"
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starch
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a chemical that is a chain of sugar molocules
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cell respiration
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is the process when both plant cells and animal cells use oxygen to release the energy found in food
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food chain
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is a series of steps showing the transfer of energy among living things
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producers
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plants produce thier own food
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consumer
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eat either producers or other consumers
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decomposer
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natures recyclers,including worms, some insects, fungi, and bacteria
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food web
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the showing of feeding relationships among living things
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oxygen
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exits the leaf through tiny openings and is used by living things to release energy stored in glucose
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cell respiration
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the process of releasing energy in a usuable form
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stomata
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the pores of a plant. It controls the amount of water in a plants tissues
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transpiration
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is the process of when plants release water through the stomata
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tropisms
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are plants responses to conditions in the enviorment
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geotropisms
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is a plants growth downward toward the center of the earth
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phototropisms
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is a plants growth toward light
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hydrotropism
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when plants grow toward water.the plant takes out excess water
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thigmotropism
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"thigmo" means "toutch". Some plants curl thier tendrils around any objects they toutch
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