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Plant Processes
Vocabulary Quiz
Term | Definition |
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Photosynthesis | The process plants use to make their own food using the Sun’s energy. |
Transpiration | The process by which plants give off water. |
Phototropism | When a plant grows towards a light source. |
Thigmotropism | When a plant is responsive to touch and wraps around. |
Gravitropism | When a plant grows with its roots down. |
Pollenation | When the male sex cells of a flower are transferred for reproduction purposes. |
Fertilization | This happens so the flower can produce fruit. |
cellular Respiration | When energy is obtained from the circulation of gases. In plants, carbon dioxide is taken in and oxygen is sent out as a waste product. |
tropism | the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus |
germination | the process of sprouting of a seedling from a seed |
dormancy | when a plant is alive but not actively growing |
hydrotropism | growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to moisture or water |