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Seeds
Roots
Stems
Leaves
Flower
100
the hard protective outer covering of a seed
What is the seed coat?
100
carrots, radishes, and beets are edible examples of this kind of root
What is a tap root?
100
this is carried up through tubes (xylem) from the roots, to the stem, to the veins in the leaves
What is water?
100
this green chemical makes it possible for a leaf to make its own food
What is chlorophyll?
100
the female part of a flower with an ovary at its base
What is the pistil?
200
to germinate and begin to grow
What is to sprout?
200
roots drink up this liquid from the ground
What is water?
200
the part of the plant that supports the flower
What is the stem?
200
the food-making process which takes place in the leaves of a plant
What is photosynthesis?
200
the male parts of a flower, each with an anther on the top
What are the stamen?
300
this happens to seeds, making it possible for a plant to grow in a different place; it may be caused by people, animals, or wind
What is seed movement, travel, transport, scattering, dispersal, etc?
300
to hold a plant firmly in the ground
What is to anchor or support?
300
the woody, hard stem of a tree
What is the trunk?
300
the source of light energy that is necessary for photosynthesis to occur
What is the sun?
300
the transfer of pollen from an anther to the pistil
What is pollination?
400
this new baby plant and its food are contained inside the seed
What is the embryo (and cotyledon)?
400
in addition to water, roots absorb these from the soil
What are minerals or nutrients?
400
an example of an edible plant stem
What is celery, asparagus, cinnamon, or broccoli trunks?
400
a leaf's outer skin-like layer
What is the epidermis?
400
the process of creating more of the same kind of plant (or any other living thing)
What is reproduction?
500
the powdery yellow substance from the stamen that must fertilize eggs to produce seeds
What is pollen?
500
these are the most tiny parts of the root that absorb water
What are root hairs?
500
tubes in the stem (phloem) carry food produced in this part of the plant
What are the leaves?
500
in order to make food, a leaf needs this gas to enter through its stomata
What is carbon dioxide?
500
these colorful leaf-like parts of the flower attract pollinators
What are petals?