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The seeds of some plants are protected by
fruit
cones
A mutlicelled organism that are usually green, have cell walls, made of cellulose and cannot move around are called
plants
These turn into the seeds
ovules
Describes the inactive state of a seed or other part when conditions are unfavorable to growth
Dormant
What is the name of the green pigment that captures energy from the sun
chlorophyll
Plants that do not have transport tissue
nonvascular
What does the cuticle do?
keep the plant from drying out
the male reproductive parts
stamen
The process in which a sperm fuses with an egg inside an ovule
fertilization
Plants use energy from the sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water. This process is called
photosynthesis
The sprouting of a seed
germination
Stems that are soft, thin, and flexible are
herbaceous
The female reproductive parts
pistil
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata
transpiration
Which gas is most important to plants?
carbon dioxide
List all the inputs of photosynthesis
Water
CO2
sunlight
What is the main function of leaves?
to make food for the plant
This makes pollen
anther
Root tips of most plants grow toward the center of the Earth. This action is a
positive gravitropism
Leaves turn orange and yellow in the fall because
their green chlorophyll breaks down
The vascular tissue that transports food to the plant
phloem
The base of nearly all food chains on Earth is formed by
photosynthetic organisms
this protects the flower before it blooms
sepal
The growth of all or part of an organism in response to an external stimulus
tropism
An opening in a leaf or stem of a plant that enables gas exchange to occur
stoma