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Science- Plants

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Stimulus   Anything that causes a reaction in a body  
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Tropism   Plant growth in response to a stimulus  
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Phototropism   A change in direction of plant growth that is caused by light  
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Gravitropism   A change in the direction of plant growth that is caused by gravity  
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Negative Gravitropism   Found in the shoot tips and grows away from the center of the Earth  
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Positive Gravitropism   Found in the roots and grow toward the center of the Earth  
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Annuals   Plants whose life cycle is completed in one growing season (Ex: Pansies)  
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Biennials   Plants that require 2 growing seasons to complete their life cycle (Ex: Carrots)  
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Perennials   Plants that live year after year for more than 2 years (Ex: Trees, strawberries)  
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Short-Day plants   Plants that flower in the fall/winter when nights are longer (Ex: Poinsettia, Christmas Cactus)  
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Long-Day plants   Plants that flower in the spring/summer when nights are short (Ex: Roses, trees)  
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Evergreen   Some leaves are always present on the tree. Leaves are adapted and are usually covered with a thick cuticle  
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Deciduous   Trees that loose all of their leaves around the same time of each year  
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Rhizoid   Root like structures that hold non-vascular plants in place and help the plants get water and nutrients  
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Rhizome   Underground stem that produces leaves, shoots, and roots. Anchors the plant in place  
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Fiddlehead   Newly produced, tightly coiled leaves of a fern produced by the rhizome. They are sporophytes  
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