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6 Sci Plants Vocab
6th Grade Science Plants Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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AUTOTROPH | AN ORGANISM CAPABLE OF MAKING ITS OWN FOOD USING LIGHT OR CHEMICAL ENERGY. |
CUTICLE | WAXY, PROTECTIVE LAYER SECRETED BY CELL WALLS. |
VASCULAR PLANT | HAVE TISSUES THAT MAKE UP THE ORGAN SYSTEM THAT CARRIES WATER, NUTRIENTS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES. |
NONVASCULAR PLANT | HAVE NO VASCULAR TISSUE. |
SEEDLESS PLANTS | REPRODUCE WITH SPORES. |
BRYOPHYTES | SMALL, NONVASCULAR PLANTS THAT ARE USUALLY JUST A FEW CELLS THICK AND ONLY 2-5 CM IN HEIGHT. |
RHIZOID | THREADLIKE ROOTS OF BRYOPHYTES. |
CONE | REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE OF GYMNOSPERMS. |
SEED | CONTAINS A PLANT EMBRYO, STORED FOOD, AND A SEED COAT. |
XYLEM | TISSUE THAT TRANSPORTS WATER AND DISSOLVED MINERALS THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. |
PHLOEM | TISSUE THAT TRANSPORTS FOOD UP FROM WHERE IT IS MADE THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. |
CAMBIUM | TISSUE THAT PRODUCES NEW XYLEM AND PHLOEM CELLS. |
STEMS | ALLOW MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS BETWEEN LEAVES AND ROOTS. |
ROOTS | ANCHOR PLANTS AND ALLOWS WATER AND OTHER SUBSTANCES TO ENTER A PLANT. |
LEAVES | ORGANS OF PLANT THAT TRAP LIGHT AND MAKE FOOD. |
POLLEN | MALE REPRODUCTIVE CELL OF A SEED PLANT. |
FLOWER | REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE OF ANGIOSPERMS. |
FRUIT | STRUCTURE WHERE THE SEEDS OF ANGIOSPERMS DEVELOP. |
STOMATA | SMALL PORES IN THE LEAF STRUCTURES THAT ALLOW CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER, AND OXYGEN TO ENTER AND LEAVE A LEAF. |
GUARD CELL | ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STOMATA, THEY OPEN AND CLOSE THE PORE. |
GYMNOSPERM | MEANS NAKED SEED; VASCULAR PLANTS THAT PRODUCE SEEDS ON A CONE. |
ANGIOSPERM | VASCULAR PLANT THAT FLOWERS AND HAS A FRUIT THAT CONTAINS SEEDS. |
MONOCOT | ONE SEED LEAF. |
DICOT | TWO SEED LEAVES. |