Updated Science Chapter 8 - Structures Plants and Animals

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Plant cells contain a green substance called

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Chlorophyll

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Plants with tubelike tissues that carry food and water are classified as

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Vascular Plants

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A fungus differs from green plants in that it does not make

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It’s own food

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The common characteristic of members of the protist kingdom is

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a cell nucleus

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A microscopic organism consisting of on e cell without a nucleus is a

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bacterium

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Roots help plants survive in three main ways:

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Draw up water and minerals

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Roots help plants survive in three main ways:

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Hold plant in ground

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Roots help plants survive in three main ways:

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Store food

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A layer of tough cells that protect the growing tip of the root is called the

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Root Cap

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Water and minerals pass through the root’s

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Cortex

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and move upward in the

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Xylem

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to all the parts of the plant, while food flows downward in the

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Phloem

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The transportation system in plant stems has three basic parts:

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Xylem

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The transportation system in plant stems has three basic parts:

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phloem

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The transportation system in plant stems has three basic parts:

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Cambium

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The epidermis secretes a waxy coating called the

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Cuticle, which keeps water inside the leaf

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The leaves of a plant are

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Epidermis

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The food-making process in plants is called

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Photosynthesis

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What does photosynthesis do

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Stores Energy

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Parts of plants are green because of chemical called

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chlorophyll

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Chlorophyll is located in the

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Chloroplasts

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Inside the chloroplasts,

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Water and Carbon Dioxide react chemically, helped by light energy.

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Plants and animals break up sugar, releasing energy, in the process of

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respiration

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vascular

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containing plant tissue through which water moves up and food moves down

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nonvascular

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mosses and liverworts containing no plant tissue through which water and food move

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fungus

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members of a kingdom that contains one celled and many-celled living things that absorb food from their environment

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protist

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a member of a kingdom that contains one-celled and many-celled living things, some that make food and some that hunt for food

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bacterium

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a member of either of two kingdoms of one-celled living things that have no nucleus, or center, in their cell body

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vascular and nonvascular plants are the two largest groups in the

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plant kingdom

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xylem

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tissue through which water and minerals flow up through a plant

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cortex

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the layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plants roots and stems

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epidermis

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an outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves

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root cap

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a thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows in the soil

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root hair

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any of the thread like projections from a plant root that absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil

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phloem

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a tissue through which food from the leaves move down through the rest of the plant

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cambium

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the layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem

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chloroplast

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the part of a plant cell containing chlorophyll, the green substance that enables the plant to produce food

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transpiration

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the loss of water through a plants leaves, which draws water up through the plant to replace it

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fungus

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eat decaying organisms

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protist

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all of its cells have a nucleus

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bacteria

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simple single celled

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five kingdoms

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bacteria
plant
fungus
animal
protist