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Plants 3rd grade
Plants
Term | Definition |
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Seed Coat | The hard outer covering of a seed |
Flower | The part of a plant that makes seeds |
Pollen | the yellow powder or dust formed by a flower |
Pollination | the act of moving pollen from one part of a flower to another, or from one flower to another, so that the flower can make seeds |
Stem | the part that holds the plant up and carries food to the rest of the plant |
Leaf | The part that makes food for the plant |
Chlorophyll | The green coloring in the plants that works with sunshine to makes food for the plant |
Glucose | a simple sugar formed in green plants |
Carbon Dioxide | a gas given off by people and animals, and taken in by plants. It is necessary for the process of photosynthesis |
Photosynthesis | the process by which food is produced in green plants |
Roots | the parts of a plant that hold the plant in the ground and absorb minerals and water from the soil |
Bud | the beginning of a new plant |
Spore | a single cell produced in some plants which can grow into a new plant |
Mold | a plant which grows from spores |