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6th Science
6th Science Chapter 1- Jireh Nelson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | The way a plant produces food |
| What three ingredients does a Leaf need | Water Air and Light |
| Stomata Or Stoma | the holes air enters through on a plant |
| Chlorophyll | the pigment or coloring that makes a plant green |
| Chloroplasts | Tiny packages of Chlorophyll |
| Glucose | the food plants need to live |
| Another important job of leaves is to Construct chemical such as ________ or __________ | Proteins or Vitamins |
| Stem | The thing that joins the leaves to the plant |
| Spreading outward from the stem and across the leaf is a network of large and small ______. | Veins |
| Cuticle | The Waxy Covering that coats the skin of a leaf and prevents water from escaping. |
| Vines | Plants that climb upwards as they Grow |
| Tendrils | the "hands" by which vines climb with |
| Special leaves which contain no Chlorophyll | Spines |
| Bulb | storehouses made with layers of thick, fleshy leaves that surround a very short stem |
| Insectivorous Plants | plants that eat insects |
| The Leaves of the _______ __________ are hinged so that they an close like the jaws of a steel trap | Venus Flytrap |
| Another insect-eating plant with trigger hairs | Bladderwort |
| The _______ ______ attracts insects with its bright colors and the aroma of its honey like nectar | Pitcher PLant |
| Insects are attracted to the _________ by the plants glistening bait--its sticky "dewdrops." | Sundew |
| Shoot System | Every part of the pant visible above the ground |
| Root System | The part of the plant below the ground |
| A plant that sends one main root particularly deep | A Taproot |
| Root cap | The tough protective cells at the bottom of the root |
| Root hairs | Tiny projections near he end of the root. |
| Guard cells | Two cells that surround the tiny opening on a leaf |
| Starches | Where roots store extra sugar |
| Epiphytes | unusual plants that never touch the ground |
| Name two Epiphytes | Vanilla plant Spanish |
| Stem tip | the upper part of the stem that produces the stem Growth |
| cellulose | a tough fibrous material manufactured y plant cells out of glucose |
| a Stolon or runner | is a stem that grows along the surface of the ground Every so often along its length the stolon sends down roots that begin another plant |
| Rhixomes | are thick storage stems that produce new plants but differ from stolons in that they grow just below the ground |
| Thorns | protective stems much like leaf spines |
| Tropisms | A tropism is the growth of the plant in response to a condition in its environment |
| Geotropism | a Plants's response to gravity |
| hydrotropism | a Plants's response to water |
| phototropism | A plant's response to light |
| Thigmotorpism | a plant's response to touch |
| Petals | the most noticeable parts of a flower |
| Sepals | the things that look like smaller green versions of the petals |
| Sepals enclose and protect a developing flower or a __ | Bud (NO-ONE LIKES SCHOOL!) |
| Some flowers are bordered by colorful leaves called ________ | Bracts |
| a long tube in the middle of a flower | pistil |
| Ovary | the fat base of the pistil |
| Ovules | the thing that holds one or more developing seeds |
| Stamens | are the things that surround the pistil that make and hold pollen |
| Pollen | Dust-like yellow grains |
| in order for a seed to develop a ____ _____ from a pollen grain must unite with a ___ _____ stored in the ovule- this process is called fertilization | sperm cell egg cell |
| Stigma | the part of the flower made to receive the pollen |
| pollination | the transfer of the pollen from the stamen to the pistil |
| name 4 common pollinators | Bees, Flies, Wasps, and Butterflies |
| Nectar | the Sweet liquid stored in the bottom of the bloom |
| pollen tube | the thing two sperm cells travel on to the egg cell inside the ovule |
| Fruit | A Fruit is anything that forms from the ovary of a flower |
| Dormant | inactive |
| what two things do seeds need to grow | moisture and warmth |
| Embryo | A miniature undeveloped plant in the seed |
| Cotyledons | the part of the plant that contains all of the food |
| Seed Coat | the part of the seed that covers and protects the embryo |
| Botanists | Scientists who study plants |
| hybrid | a new variety of plant that botanists can make |
| name 5 flower families | Composite, pea, rose, lily, and the grass family |
| The daisy has several petal-like ______ _______ and hundreds of tiny _______ _______. | Ray flowers Disk flowers |
| Legumes | another name for members of the pea family |
| The Grass Family | The most important family of food-producing plants |
| name two parts of a grass leaf | blade and the sheath |
| Certain grasses called _______ ______ are harvested for the nutrients in their seeds These seeds we call ______ | Cereal grasses Grains |
| Turf grass | the grass used to cover lawns, athletic fields, golf courses, and playgrounds. |
| Monocots | the seeds that contain only one cotyledon |
| Dicots | the seeds that gave two cotyledons |
| Describe a Tree | A tall plant with a single woody stem. |
| perennial | A plant that lives for many years. |
| Annuals | Plants that only grow for one year. |
| Biennial | Plants that live for two years |
| California Redwoods | the tallest living trees in the world |
| Dendrologists | Scientists who study trees |
| Bristlecone pines | the oldest living things on earth |
| Banyan Tree | spreads outward by sending thick roots down from its branches to the ground |
| Candlenut tree | has unusual nuts containing an oil that burns very well |
| Baobab tree | is almost as wide as it is tall |
| Bud | the small knobby structure that produces new growth |
| Cambium layer | The part of the Stem of the tree where growth takes place |
| Girdling | the Taking out of a ring of bark in a tree |
| Broad-leaf trees | trees that bear flowers seed-producing plants |
| Hardwood trees | another name for Broad-leaf trees |
| Deciduous trees | a tree that loses its leaves in the fall |
| Sugar Maple | the source of maple syrup |
| Sugaring | (the process of the putting of sugar to a item, of course) the process of produceing maple syrup and sugar |
| Sucrose | A type of sugar a Sugar Maple uses in the spring |
| Sap | the part of the plant that contains the Sucrose |
| The American Elm | The most popular of Elms |
| Dutch elm disease | A disease many elms were stricken by ,it is caused by fungus is most often spread by beetles that live within the tree's bark |
| Acorn | the fruit of the oak tree |
| White Oak | has edible acorns |
| Live oak | is not a deciduous tre |
| another name for the paper birch | the canoe birch |
| Weeping Willow | a tree with especially droopy leaves and branches |
| Pussy Willow | a tree that grows no larger than a shrub size |
| Quacking Aspen | gets its name from the tendency of its leaves to tremble in the slightest breeze |
| Conifers | Cone-bearing trees |
| Pollen Cones | Contain the Pollen (Of Conifer Trees) |
| Seed Cones | Contain the Seeds (Of Conifer Trees) |
| Evergreens | Trees that keep their leaves in the winter |
| Eastern White Pine | a Tree which once grew in extensive forests that blanketed many portions of the eastern United States |
| Ponderosa Pine | one of the largest varieties |
| Pinyon Pine | a pine which produces tasty edible nuts |
| White Spruce | its pine needles give of a Skunk-like odor if they are crushed or broken |
| Blue Spruce | an especially attractive tree with frosty blue needles |
| Balsam Fir | produces a fragrant liquid known as Canada balsam |
| another name for a Douglas tree | False Hemlock |
| The Most common Larches in north America | Tamaracks |
| Giant Sequoia | the LARGEST of all Trees |
| General ShermanTree | The Biggest Sequoia |
| Spores | the Seeds of Ferns |
| Spore Cases | the Part of the plant that Develops the spores |
| Fronds | the leaves of a fern |
| Tree Fern | the fern that looks more like a palm tree than a fern |
| Mosses | a giant network of tiny plants |
| Peat moss | a type of moss that gardeners keep plants from drying out |
| Diatoms | one-celled algae that live in damp soil as well as in ponds lakes andoceans |
| Diatomite | the glassy cases of diatoms |
| Flagella | the "Hairs" of diatoms by which they swim with |
| Filaments | long strings of Algea cells laid end to end |
| Name the leaf parts of kelp | blades and small berry like air sacs that help the frond to float |
| Holdfasts | take the place of roots for the kelp and anchor the plant |
| Kelp | the largest algea |
| Name two substances obtained from seaweed | Algin and Carrageenan |
| Fungi | plants that survive without ghlorophyll |
| Saprophytes | fungi that feed on dead matter |
| Parasites | an organism that gets its nourishment by attaching itself to another organism and continuously taking in that organism's body fluids |
| Mycelium | a network of cells strung together |
| Hyphae | tiny whit hairlike structures that mold first appears as |
| Penicillin | A drug made from a type of mold |
| Mildews | are similar to molds except they sometimes grow on wet clothes and shower stalls instead of foods |
| The ____________ is some-what different from other fungi because of its large spore-forming structure called the _____________ ______ | Mushroom Fruiting body |
| Yeast | A Special fungus that causes bread to rise |
| Lichens | Some fungi and algae combined to form a different type of plant |
| Western Red Cedar | may reach 200 feet in height |
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