Plant Lingo
Plant Parts
Vocabulary
What Happens?
Hodge/Podge
100
What are plants called that bloom when nights are long?
short-day plants
100
Green pigment that captures light energy.
chlorophyll
100
Inactive state of a seed or plant part.
dormant
100
What do we call a plant that grows toward the light?
positive tropism
100
This is the by-product of photosynthesis.
oxygen
200
The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.
cellular respiration
200
The opening in a leaf that allows carbon dioxide to enter leaf and oxygen and water to exit leaf.
stoma
200
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata.
transpiration
200
When root tips of plants grow toward the center of the Earth.
positive gravitropism
200
Name the 3 structures plants used to reproduce asexually.
plantlets, tubers, and runners
300
What do the guard cells do in a leaf?
opens and close stoma
300
Protecs plant from water loss.
cuticle
300
This organelle is the brain of the cell.
nucleus
300
Why do leaves turn orange and yellow in the fall?
green chlorophyll breaks down
300
This organelle produces protein for plant and animal cells.
ribosome
400
Process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food.
photosynthesis
400
This turns into a fruit after fertilization.
ovary
400
This organelle is in both plant and animal cells and produces energy for the cell.
mitochondria
400
Why are leaves usually green?
wavelengths reflect more green than other colors
400
This organelle breaks down dead cells.
lysosome
500
This organelle captures sunlight in a plant.
chloroplast
500
Female reproductive organs include stigma, style, and ______________ and _______________.
ovule, ovary
500
This organelle is a jell like substance inside the cell.
cytoplasm
500
What sugar is produced during photosynthesis?
glucose
500
3 differences between plant and animal cells.
plant has cell wall, chloroplasts, and a large vacuole
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