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MISC
100
Potatoes, turnips, and peanuts are found on this part of the plant.
What are the roots.
100
The plant's main support above the ground.
What is the stem.
100
A leaf's main job.
What is making food.
100
It is inside the flower that these are produced.
What are the seeds.
100
Plants can produce their own food using these three things.
What is light energy, water, and carbon dioxide.
200
The roots are responsible for absorbing these two things
What are water and nutrients (minerals)
200
The stem's most obvious job.
What is to hold up a plant's leaves and flowers.
200
The waterproof, waxy layer that prevents moisture from evaporating (p54)
What is the cuticle.
200
Flowers' size, shape, and beauty attracts these.
What are animals.
200
The process of using light, carbon dioxide (a gas), and water to produce glucose (the plant's food).
What is photosynthesis.
300
Most plants are ___________, meaning they have a series of hollow tubes that function much like organs.
What is vascular
300
"woody" stems are often covered in ______.
What is bark.
300
This part of leaves traps the sun's energy for food production.
What is chlorophyll.
300
Animals who drink flowers' nectar accidentally remove and transfer this.
What is pollen.
300
Pollen grows inside of this part of the flower.
What is the stamen
400
Connecting tubes that carry water and minerals from the soil upward.
What are xylem cells.
400
This part of a tree is actually a woody plant stem.
What is the trunk.
400
Plants such as pine, spruce, and fir trees have needle leaves for this reason. (this is an adaptation!)
What is to reduce water loss.
400
Pollen (male cells) are carried to other flowers' female parts to help make what?
What are seeds.
400
Some _______ have tiny hooks on them, so they can attach to an animal to be dispersed.
What are seeds.
500
Tubes that carry nutrients from the leaves through the stem and down to the root.
What are phloem cells.
500
These two parts of a stems (which form the transport system of the plant) work together to transport water, nutrients, and food throughout the plant.
What are phloem and xylem.
500
The loss of water through a plants leaves are called (p.54)
What is transpiration.
500
The female part of the flower. The male part of the flower.
What is the pistil [female]. What is the stamen [male].
500
Before they can produce seeds, flowers must combine pollen with...
What are eggs?