Plants and Trees
This tree is the source of maple syrup.
Maple tree
The chemical process by which plants make their own food.
Photosynthesis.
A mollusk with a muscular foot used to glide on slime.
Gastropod
An arachnid with a long tail and poisonous stinger.
Scorpion
A process that causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
One main root that goes deep into the ground.
Taproot.
The transfer of pollen from stamen to pistil.
Pollination
The jellylike fluid that fills most of the cell.
Cytoplasm
A blood-feeding arachnid.
Tick
An enormous wave caused by an earthquake.
Tsunami
The largest of all trees, found on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
Sequoias and Redwood Trees
When a sperm cell unites with an egg cell.
Fertililzation
The part of the cell that directs all activities.
Nucleus
A poisonous spider with a red hourglass marking.
Black widow
A zone where most of Earth’s faults are located.
Seismic belts
A type of plant that lives for many years.
Perennial
The green pigment needed for photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll.
The growing back of a lost body part.
Regeneration
A combined head and thorax
The break at the boundary between two moving plates.
Fault
The part of a tree trunk where growth takes place.
Cambium layer.
A plant with sticky “dewdrops” that trap insects.
Sundew
A tough material that makes up arthropod exoskeletons.
Chitin
The largest tarantula.
Goliath Bird-eater
The strength or measurement of an earthquake.
Magnitude