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Chapt 4 Sect 1 vocab
Chapter 4 section 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants and some other organisms capture and use the suns energy to make food |
| tissue | A group of similar cells that perform a specific function in an organism |
| Chloroplast | A plant cell structure in which photosynthesis occurs |
| Vacuole | A large sac-like storage area in a cell |
| Cuticle | The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants |
| Vascular Tissue | The interal transporting tissue in some plants that ismade up of tubelike structures |
| Fertilization | The joining of a sperm cell and an egg |
| Zygote | a fertilized egg |
| Nonvascular plant | A low-growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue |
| Vascular plant | A plant that has true vascular tissue |
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment found in plants |
| Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores |
| transmission | light goes through a tansparent thing |
| reflection | light or something bounces back |
| Absorption | dark objects take in light |
| Accessory pigment | Other pigments |
| Rhizoid | Thin root-like structures |
| Bog | a type of wetland |
| Peat | Blackish-brown material |
| Frond | a leaf of a fern |
| Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle where a plant makes two sex cells |