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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plants make there own food through the what | leaves |
| what are leaves organs made out of | cells and tissues |
| what is an Epidermis tissue | the outside layer of flat cells. it helps protect the plant |
| spongy tissue (inner tissue) | looks like a sponge. the tiny openings allow air to flow in and out |
| vessel tissue | carries food and water throughout the plant to all the other plant parts |
| photosynthesis is the process of what | to make sugar and food |
| plants need ____,____, and _______ for photosynthesis | sunlight water and carbon dioxide |
| ______ , _________ are products of photosynthesis | oxygen and sugar |
| stems are | plant organs |
| stems hold leaves so high that they may what | get more sunlight |
| stems can also hold ______ or ________ on plants | fruit or flowers |
| Xylem tissues | tube that carry minerals from the roots to the leaves |
| phloem | tube that carry sugar form the leaves to the rest of the plant |
| bark | is dead phloem |
| roots are strong they can...... | hold a plant in place as it grows |
| what is a taproot | a large root that grows straight down. we may also eat this type of root ex. carrot |
| what is a fibrous root | many roots grow out in all directions. to divide in to smaller and smaller roots. |
| is a stamen a male or female part of a flower | it is the male |
| what is the yellow power at the top of each stamen | pollen |
| is a pistol the male of female part of a plant | female |
| what is pollination | the moving of pollen from the stamen to the pistol |
| _____,_______,____,_____, and _________, can move pollen | wind water insects birds and bats |
| what is a covering that protects an embryo that also guards a stash or stored food | seed coat |
| what is an embryo | a new plant protected by a seed coat |
| what is a monocot | plant seeds that have only 1 cotyledon |
| what are plants that have 2 cotyledons | dicots |
| what are spores | mosses and ferns are examples of spores |
| what kind of tropism is when a plants growth toward or against gravity | gravatroapisum |
| what kind of tropism is how a plant reacts to light | phototropism |
| what is thigmotropism | a plant growth due to toughing an object |