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What is photosynthesis?
What are true leaves/what do they do?
The 2nd set of leaves visible. Generate energy for the plant.
what is a seed?
The seed is the embryonic stage of the plant life cycle.
What is absorption?
The process by which plant roots take in water and air.
A human, animal, or plant in the early stages of development before it is born.
True or false?
Plants produce more oxygen through photosynthesis than through respiration.
True!
What is germination?
The beginning of a plant sprouting or growing.
what are the three main parts of a seed.
Embryo, endosperm, seed coat
What is respiration?
the process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
What is a cotyledon
An embryonic leaf in seed- bearing plants, 1 or more of which are the first leaves to appear from from a germinating seed.
What does photosynthesis produce?
sugars and oxygen
What does the seed coat do?
Protect the seed.
What is a seed coat?
The protective outer covering of a seed( like a shell)
What is transpiration?
The process by which plants lose water from leaves and stems through evaporation.
Asexual meaning
Plant reproduction involving one parent plant. Baby plant is identical to parent plant.
what does the 6 stand for in the formula for photosynthesis?
The quantity of that molecule involved in the reaction.
Moisture, temperature, sunlight
What the seed needs to germinate
what is the endosperm?
Tissue formed within a seed that contains energy(starch) and protein for the germinating seed.
What is translocation?
The process by which food and nutrients are moved within a plant from one part to another.
Sexual meaning
Propagation from seeds.
what is the formula for photosynthesis?
6CO2+6H20+672Kcal----C6H12+6O2
What are the processes of plant growth?
Photosynthesis, respiration, absorption, transpiration, translocation, reproduction
What is the percent of successful sprouting seeds?
75%
What is plant reproduction?
The plant process that increases plant numbers and population( usually by seeds)