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100
The green substance in plant cells that is used to perform photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
100
The organ primarily used to absorb minerals from the ground.
What are roots?
100
The two different arrangements of leaves in a dicot plant.
What are palmate and pinnate?
100
This must take place for seeds to form.
What is pollination?
100
These "seedless" plants reproduce by spores on their leaves.
What are ferns and mosses?
200
Process by which sunlight, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide and water are turned into sugar and oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
200
The two types of root systems.
What are fibrous and tap roots?
200
Their main purpose is to produce food for plants.
What are leaves?
200
The two tubes that carry nutrients, food and water throughout a plant.
What are xylem and phloem?
200
The response of plants to gravity; causes roots to grow down and stems up?
What is geotropism?
300
The four major parts of a plant.
What are roots, stems, leaves and flowers?
300
The response of plants to water. Causes roots to grow toward a water source.
What is hydrotropism?
300
This type of plant usually has leaves that are long and thin like grass
What are monocot plants
300
The female part of a flower that produces ovules.
What is the pistil?
300
The response of plants to light; causes leaves to turn toward the sun.
What is phototropism?
400
Their type of leaf is the main way to identify this plant.
What are trees?
400
Root stock is used for this when growing fruit trees.
What is grafting?
400
A leaf with a jagged edge has this kind of margin.
What is a toothed leaf margin?
400
The male part of a flower that produces pollen.
What is the stamen?
400
Very important plantlike organism that generally live in the water.
What is algae?
500
The belief that life can come from nonlife.
What is spontaneous generation?
500
Root growth primarily occurs here.
What is the root tip?
500
A leaf with a grooved edge has this type of margin.
What is a lobed leafed margin?
500
This type of plant has a very short life cycle. They grow quickly and die within a few weeks.
What are ephemerals?
500
Yellow algae that have silica in their cell walls.
What are diatoms?