Definitions
The chemical process by which green plants produce food
What do we call a new variety of plant produced by cross-fertilizing related plants?
Hybrid
Form seeds
Flowers
This is the most important family of food-producing plants, with long, thin leaves and very small flowers.
Grasses
A type of sugar; the food plants need in order to live
Glucose
Tiny holes or pores in a leaf through which air enters
Stomata
What do we call scientists who study plants?
Botanists
Help attract bees or other creatures to a flower's seeds
The hinged leaves of this plant close on its insect prey like the jaws of a steel trap
Venus's-Flytrap
The pigment, or coloring, that makes plants green and is necessary for photosynthesis to occur
Chlorophyll
The large vein in the middle of the leaf
Midrib
What is the long tube in the middle of the flower that has the ovary at its base?
Pistil
Carries liquids from roots to leaves and back
Stem
The glistening bait of this plant is its sticky "dewdrops" that trap unwary insects
Sundew Plant
The waxy covering that coats the skin of a leaf and prevents water from escaping
Cuticle
A pair of cells that surrounds each stoma on a leaf to control how much water evaporates through the stomata
Guard cells
What are the colorful leaves some flowers produce that may be mistaken for petals?
Bracts
Make and hold pollen
Stamens
This is the largest family of flowering plants; each "flower" is actually a combination of many small flowers
Composite Family
Tiny packages of chlorophyll contained in the cells of the leaf
Chloroplasts
The growth of a plant in response to a condition in its environment, such as gravity, water, light, or touch
Tropism
What is the living, miniature, undeveloped plant that is within the seed?
Embryo
Transport liquids; reinforce the structure of the thin, fragile leaf
Veins
This underwater plant has hollow leaves filled with water that can quickly expand and suck in an insect or small crustacean
Bladderwort
A tough, fibrous material manufactured by plant cells out of glucose and used to make cell walls
Cellulose