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Ajani Chapter 3.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of a plant |
| Photosynthesis | The process of a plant making its own food |
| Tissue | A group of cell perform a special function |
| Chloroplast | Structures within a cell in which the food is made |
| Vacuole | a large storage sac that expands and shrinks |
| Cuticle | A waxy, waterproof layer on the leaves that helps a plant retain water |
| Vascular tissue | A structure in a plant that help water and minerals move throughout a plant |
| Organelle | A structure in a cell that perfomes a specific job |
| Chromatin | A complex of DNA |
| Mitochondrion | A structure that produces power in a plant cell |
| Endoplasmic recticulum | It produces protein for the rest of the cell and carries them to different parts of the cell |
| Lysosomes | An orgenelle thats digests food |
| Golgi body | An organelle that prepares protiens and lipid molecules |
| Describe the three main characteristics that all plants share | Autotrophic, multicellular and cell walls |
| List the two things at a plant needs and the two things that makes during photosynthesis | It needs water and carbon dioxide gas, and produces food and oxygen |
| What are two reasons why cell walls are important for plants | It protects membrane and determines what comes into the cell |
| List the five things a plant needs to survive on land | It needs to be able to obtain and retain water and nutrients, support their bodies, transport materials, and reproduce |
| Label a plant cell diagram and why its different from an animal cell | The Cloroplast and cell wall are different than an animal cell |