Vocabulary terms on Vascular Plants for the Lynx Team
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| autotrophs | organisms capable of making their own food
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| photosynthesis | process in which plants take in carbon dioxide and water and, in the presence of sunlight, change them into sugar (glucose) and oxygen
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| multicellular | containing more than one cell
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| cell wall | rigid structure that protects and shapes plant cells
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| chloroplast | structure where photosynthesis occurs inside the plant cell
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| roots | anchor plants; store sugar; absorb water and nutrients from soil
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| stems | support plant; position leaves; contain vascular tubes
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| leaves | place where photosynthesis occurs in the plant
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| vascular plants | plants with roots, stems, leaves and vascular tubes
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| phloem | vascular tube that carries sugar (glucose) from the leaves down to the roots
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| xylem | vascular tube that carries water and nutrients up from the roots to the rest of the plant
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| carbon dioxide | gas that is taken in by a plant for photosynthesis
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| sun | provides the energy for photosynthesis
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| oxygen | "waste product" of photosynthesis
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| glucose | type of sugar produced in photosynthesis
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| tap | type of root system consisting of one main root with little root hairs growing off it
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| fibrous | type of root system consisting of equal sized hairs which form an underground mat
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