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17 Cards in this Set
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Nutrition |
the process of providing the food necessary for health and growth |
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Assimilation |
the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body |
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Chlorophyll |
a green pigment, present in all green plants |
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Photosynthesis |
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make food |
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Microscopic |
so small only seen under a microscope |
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Xylem |
the vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root |
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Phloem |
the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves |
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Chemosynthesis |
the synthesis of food in absence of sunlight |
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Roots nodules |
the roots of plants, that form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria |
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Symbiosis |
interaction between two different organisms |
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Saprophyte |
microorganisms that lives on dead or decaying organic matter |
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Pseudopodia |
helps in locomotion in microorganisms |
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Proboscis |
the long, thin nose of some animals |
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Scavenger |
animal feeds on dead flesh matter |
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Parasite |
an organism that live with,in or on other organisms |
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Micro- nutrients |
that is essential in minute amounts to the growth and health of a living organism |
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Macro-nutrients |
that is essential in relatively large amounts to the growth and health of a living organism |
