Life Of Plants C2 Flashcards
What is a botanist?
A scientist who studies plants is a botanist.
What is botany?
Botany is the study of plants.
What is carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide is a colorless odorless gas that people and animals breathe out and plants take in.
What is chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is the green coloring in a plant that captures the sun’s energy.
What is photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is the process green plants use to make food from sunlight, water, oxygen,and chlorophyll.
What is a microscope?
A microscope is an instrument that uses lenses and light to make it easier to see small objects.
What is a cell membrane?
The thin covering of a cell is the cell membrane.
What is a nucleus?
The nucleus is the control center of a cell.
What is cytoplasm?
Jellylike material that fills the inside of a cell is called cytoplasm.
What are chloroplasts?
Chloroplasts are tiny green parts inside a plant cell.
What is pollination?
Flowers that make seeds.
What is a stamen?
The stamen produces pollen.
What is a pistil.
The pistil is where seeds are formed.
What does it mean to germinate?
Germinate means to grow.
What does heredity mean?
Heredity is the passing of characteristics from parent to offspring. Characteristics include color, size, and, shape.
