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27 Cards in this Set
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In what form do most plants store extra food?
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starch
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Plant responses to conditions in the environment are called ---.
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tropisms
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Living things that break down the bodies of dead organisms are called
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decomposers
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What structures control the amount of water in a plant's tissues by releasing water vapor into the air?
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stomata
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Living things that obtain energy by eating other living things are called
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consumers
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What is the process by which plants release water into the surrounding air?
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transpiration
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What are living things that can make their own food?
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producers
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The process by which living things release the energy contained in food is called ---.
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cell respiration
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What shows the feeding relationships and engery tranfer among livng things?
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food web
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What can affect the rate of transpiration in plants?
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the amount of heat, water, and sun in the environment
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What two things are a waste product of photosynthesis?
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water and oxygen
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What is the food produced by a plant called?
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glucose
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A food web is made up of overlapping
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food chains
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The pigment --- collects light energy from the Sun.
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chlorophyll
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Through cell respiration the plant releases --- and --- into the environment.
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water and oxygen
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A food chain is a series of steps showing the transfer of --- among living things.
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energy
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A plant needs ---, ---, and --- to carry out phtosynthesis.
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water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
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Photosynthesis carried out by plants and plankton keeps the oxygen level at about -- --- of the Earth's atmosphere.
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21 percent
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Chloroplasts are disklike cell parts that trap light ---.
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energy
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Geotropic response is ---.
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the growth of a plant toward the center of the Earth
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Hydrotropic response is ---.
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the growth of a plant's roots toward water
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Phototropic response is ---.
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the growth of a plant toward light
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Thigmotropic response is ---.
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the growth of a plant in response to touch
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The growth of aplant toward the center of the Earth is called --- response.
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geotropic response
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The growth of a plant in response to touch is called --- response.
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thigmotropic response
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The growth of a plant's roots toward water is called --- response.
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hydrotropic response
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The growth of a plant toward light is called --- response.
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phtotropic response
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