Vocab
Photosynthesis
Reproduction of Flowering Plants
Plant Responses to the Environment
100
This the process by which plants make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
100
This is the organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
What is the chloroplast?
100
This happens when pollen lands on the stigma and begins to grow pollen tubes.
What is pollination?
100
When plants grow towards a tropism, this is known as a __________ tropism.
What is a positive tropism?
200
This green pigment absorbs light energy for plants.
What is chlorophyll?
200
This is the organelle where cellular respiration takes place.
What is the mitochondria?
200
This occurs when sperm travels down pollen tubes and fuses with an egg in the ovule.
What is fertilization?
200
How do plants sense seasonal changes?
What is the length of the day?
300
This structure on a leaf allows for gas exchange in plants.
What is the stoma?
300
These are the three compounds needed to perform photosynthesis.
What are carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and light energy?
300
This part of the flower becomes the seed after fertilization
What is the ovule?
300
This means that plants stems grow away from gravity, while their roots grow towards gravity.
What is gravitropism?
400
This means that a seed is inactive.
What is dormant?
400
This is the process by which plants release water vapor.
What is transpiration?
400
This part of the plant becomes the fruit after fertilization.
What is the ovary?
400
This type of tree loses its leaves each year.
What is a deciduous tree?
500
This is a response to a stimulus.
What is a tropism?
500
Fill in the blanks: ____CO2 + _____H2O+ Light energy-----> C_H_O_ + __H2O
What is 6 CO2, 6 H2O, C6, H12, O6, 6H2O
500
What are 3 structures that allow plants to reproduce asexually?
What are plantlets, tubers, and runners?
500
The amount of this pigment (green, red, or orange) present in plants increases during the summer and decreases during the fall.
What is green pigment or chlorophyll?
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