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Science-Ch. 1 Plants
Vocabulary from Ch. 1 in Science - Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a green chemical in a plant cells that allows plants to use the Sun’s energy for making food | chlorophyll |
| plants that contain tissue through which water moves up and food moves down (plants with stems and trunks are these kinds of plants) | vascular |
| plants that do NOT contain tissue through which water and food move up and down (plants like moss, hornwort, and liverwort are examples of these plants) | nonvascular |
| members of a kingdom that contain one-celled and many-celled living things that absorb food from their environment | fungus |
| a member of the kingdom that contain one-celled and many-celled living things, some that make food and some that hunt for food | protist |
| one-celled living things that have NO nucleus in their cell body | bacterium |
| the tissue through which water and minerals move UP through a plant | xylem |
| the layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant’s roots and stems | cortex |
| the outermost layer of plant parts such as roots and leaves | epidermis |
| a thin covering made up of cells that protects the root tip of a plant as it grows into the soil | root cap |
| threadlike projections from a plant root that absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil | root hairs |
| tissue through which food from the leaves moves DOWN through a plant | phloem |
| a layer that separates the xylem from the phloem. This is where new xylem and phloem grow | cambium |
| the part of the plant cell that contains chlorophyll | chloroplast |
| the loss of water through a plant’s leaves | transpiration |
| the food making process in green plants that uses energy from the sun’s light plus water, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide and minerals to make food | photosynthesis |
| the release of energy in both plants and animals from food | respiration |