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26 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis |
The process by which plants make their own food |
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Chlorophyll |
A green pigment that captures energy from sunlight |
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Producer |
Organisms that make their own food |
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Nonvascular Plant |
A plant that doesn’t have specialized tissues or true root stems or leaves to move water and nutrients through the plant |
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Vascular Plant |
A plant that has specialized tissues to deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to another |
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Gymnosperm |
Nonflowering seed plants |
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Angiosperm |
Flowering seed plants |
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Pollen |
Tiny granules that contain sperm in the seed plant |
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Pollination |
The transfer of pollen from the male cones to the female cones |
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Xylem |
Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals through the plant |
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Phloem |
Vascular tissue that transports food molecules to all parts of a plant. |
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Herbaceous stems |
Plants stems that are soft, thin, and flexible |
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Woody stems |
Rigid stems made of wood and bark that Trees and shrubs have |
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Stomata |
Tiny openings in leaves that allow carbon dioxide to enter then leaf. |
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Sepal |
Modified leaves that make up the outermost ring of flower parts and protect the bud. |
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Petal |
Broad, flat, thin leaflike parts of a flower. |
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Stamen |
A male reproductive structure of flowers |
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Pistil |
The female reproductive structure of flowers |
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Ovary |
The rounded base of a pistil that contains one or more ovules. |
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Transpiration |
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata. |
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Dormant |
The inactive state of a seed |
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Germination |
Sprouting |
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Phototropism |
A change in the direction a plant grows that is caused by light |
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Gravitropism |
Plant growth changed in response to the direction of gravity. |
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Evergreen |
Trees that shed some of their leaves year-round so that some leaves are always on the tree |
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Deciduous |
Trees that lose all of their leaves around the same time each year. |
