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Chapt 4 Sect 1 vocab
Chapter 4 section 1 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |