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Plant Adaptations
Term | Definition |
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transpiration | process by which leaves give off water |
tuber | swollen underground stem |
taproots | deep roots that have tiny hairs to absorb water and nutrients |
germinates | sprouts and begins to grow |
carbon dioxide | gas breathed out by animals |
spores | tiny cells from which some plants germinate |
nutrients | substances that all living things need to grow |
fibrous roots | long, shallow roots |
symmetry | each half of a leaf is a mirror image of the other |
photosynthesis | process by which plants make their own food |
grafting | the process that joins a cut stem of one plant to a slice in the stem of another plant |
capsules | spores grow in these |
chlorophyll | sunlight is trapped by a leaf's ________ |
oxygen | leaves give this off as waste |
sugar | water and carbon dioxide in the leaves combine to make ______ |
roots | these take in water for a plant |