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ZScience ch 4
The vocabulary words for chapter 4 in the Bacteria to Plants book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | useing carbon dioxide gass and water to make food |
| tissue | groups of simmilar cells that preform a specific function in an organism |
| chloroplast | are the structure in which food is made |
| vacoule | large storage sac that can expand and shrink |
| cuticle | a waxy water proof layer that covers most plants and leaves |
| vascular tissue | tubelike structure that transports water minerals and food |
| fertilization | when a sperm and an egg cell unite |
| zygote | what the fertilized egg is called |
| nonvascular plant | they do not have a system of tubes in them adn they donot have roots to absorb water |
| vascular plant | plants with true vascular tissue |
| chlorophil | a green pigment |
| sporophyte | the stage of the plant when the plant produces spores |
| gametophyte | when the plant produces two kinds of sex cells |
| transmission | materials that alow light to pass through them |
| reflection | when llight hits a shiny surface and it bounces back |
| absorption | when dark objects take in light |
| accsessory pigments | these pigments absorb differant colors than normal pigments |
| fronds | ferns leaves |
| rhizoids | thin rootliek structure |
| bog | a type of wetland |
| peat | a blackish brown material and there are large deposits of it in North America, Asia, and Europe |
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