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Plant Parts
Name That Plant
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What part of the plant moves water, nutrients, and food throughout the plant?
the stem
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What plant has spikes that protect it from animals?
A cactus
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Simple plants do not ________ or _________.
make seeds or have flowers.
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What hold the plant in the ground and absorb water and nutrients?
Roots
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What is a microscopic single cell that does not need to be pollinated to become a new plant?
A spore
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What holds a plant in the ground and absorbs water and nutrients?
roots
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God designed the leaf of each plant to help it live in its ________________.
habitat
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What type of plant does not have a flower or produce seeds?
A simple plant
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To ___________ means to put similar things in the same group.
classify
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What job is Alice Eastwood know for doing?
a plant biologist from the 1800's
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What part of the plant makes food for the plant through photosynthesis?
Leaves
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An ivy has a stem that climbs. How is this helpful in a shaded habitat?
Its stem climbs toward the light.
30
Where does a fern make its spores?
on the underside of its leaves
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An insect or animal that carries the pollen to the pistil of a flower is called ________________.
A pollinator
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Butterflies and hummingbirds are examples of __________.
pollinators
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Bulbs and tubers are kinds of what?
Underground stems
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The large, flat leaves of the philodendron plant help it to do what?
Collect as much sunlight as possible.
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What is a system for sorting similar organisms into named groups in order to help biologists communicate quickly and easily?
scientific classification
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A scientist who studies plants and how they function in their habitat is called a ______________.
plant biologist
40
What three plant parts do mosses not have?
flowers, roots, & seeds
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In a stem, the __________ tissue moves water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant.
xylem
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Finish this statement - Carrots are _________.
taproots
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In a stem, the ________ tissue moves food, made by photosynthesis in the leaves, to the rest of the plant.
phloem
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What is the process by which pollen is carried to the pistil of a flower?
pollination
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Why are there different colors, shapes, sizes, and fragrances of flowers?
Different flowers attract different pollinators.