Vocabulary
Plants, Plants and More Plants!
Food Pyramid
Plants and Our Lives
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100
Process by which plants use light energy to produce sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
100
Medicines made from plants.
What are Quinine and digitalis examples of?
100
Fruits, Grains, Vegetables, Dry Beans and Nuts.
What foods are part of a healthy diet?
100
Growth of the plant.
What is the plant life cycle?
100
Tubes in plants that carry water and nutrients.
What is xylem?
200
Plant material that can be separated into thread.
What is fiber?
200
Take in nutrients and and water.
What are root hairs?
200
Foods from this group are usually not healthy.
What are fats, oils, and sweets?
200
Plants must store some food to survive in a flood.
What is not a reason why plants store food?
200
Flowering, fruit-producing plant.
What is an angiosperm?
300
Flower structures that contain the male reproductive cells.
What is pollen?
300
All organisms release __________ as they turn food into energy.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
300
You should eat 6-11 servings a day from this group. A slice of bread is one serving.
What is the bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group?
300
The leaves of plants take in _________ to use in photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
300
Tubes in plants that carry food. Plants with unprotected seeds.
What is phloem and gymnosperm?
400
Helps plants use light energy to make food.
What is chlorophyll?
400
Keep plants from blowing over.
What are prop roots?
400
These foods contain fats, you should limit yourself to 2-3 servings a day. A cup of milk is one serving.
What is the milk, yogurt, and cheese group?
400
The material in old _________ hardens to become the "wood" of a tree.
What is xylem?
400
What a seed does when conditions are right for growth.
What is germination?
500
Single reproductive cell that grows into a new plant.
What is a spore?
500
Xylem and Phloem are found only in....
What are vascular plants?
500
Eat 2-3 servings of these foods daily. A serving of one egg or 3 oz of meat.
What is the meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts group?
500
Materials that can be separated into thread.
What are fibers?
500
The seed of certain grasses from which cereals are made.
What is a grain?
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