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Photosynthesis
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The process by which plants, algea, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food
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Chlorophyll
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A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis
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Chemical Equation of Photosynthesis
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6CO2 + 6HO2 ---->light energy---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
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Cellular Respiration
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The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food
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Stoma
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One of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur
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Transpiration
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The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata
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Byproduct of Photosynthesis
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Oxygen
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Fertilization in a plant
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Happens when a sperm fuses with an egg inside an ovule
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After fertilzation in a plant
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The ovule develops into a seed
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Dormat
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describes the inactive state of a seed or other plant part when conditions are unfavorable to growth
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Germination
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Sprouting of a seed
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Plantlets
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Tiny plants grow along the edges of a plants leaves. These plantlets fall off and grow on their own
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Tubers
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Underground stem, or tubers, can produce new plants after a dormat season
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Runners
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above-ground stems from which new plants can grow are called runners.
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