Plants

Question 1

Chlorophyll

Answer 1

Green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

Question 2

Photosynthesis

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Sunlight provides the energy for this food-making process

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Tissues

Answer 3

Groups of similar cells that perform a specific function in an organism

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Chloroplasts

Answer 4

Structures in which food is made

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Vacuole

Answer 5

A large storage sac that can expand and shrink

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Cuticle

Answer 6

Waxy, waterproof layer that helps reduce water loss

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Vascular

Answer 7

A system of tubelike structures inside a plant through which water, minerals, and food move

Question 8

Nonvascular Plant

Answer 8

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Question 9

Rhizoid

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Question 10

Vascular Plant

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Question 11

Phoelm

Answer 11

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Question 12

Xylem

Answer 12

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Question 13

Frond

Answer 13

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Question 14

Pollen

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Question 15

Seed

Answer 15

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Gymnosperm

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Angiosperm

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Question 18

Cotyledon

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Question 19

Monocot

Answer 19

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Question 20

Dicot

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Question 21

Root cap

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Question 22

Embryo

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Question 23

Sepal

Answer 23

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Question 24

Cambium

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Question 25

Germination

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Question 26

Petal

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Stamen

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Stoma

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Question 29

Flower

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Pistil

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Question 31

Transpiration

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Question 32

Pollination

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Question 33

Ovary

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Question 34

Sporophyte

Answer 34

The plant reproduces spores

Question 35

Gametophyte

Answer 35

The produces two kinds of sex cells: sperm and egg

Question 36

Annual

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Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season

Question 37

Biennial

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Angiosperms that complete their life cycle in two years

Question 38

Perennial

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Flowering plants that live for more than two years

Question 39

Fertilization

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Occurs when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell

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Zygote

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The fertilized egg

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Cone

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Covered with scales

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Ovule

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A structure that contains an egg cell

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Fruit

Answer 43

The ripened ovary and other structures that enclose one or more seeds

Question 44

Tropism

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A plants growth response toward or away from a stimulus

Question 45

Hormone

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Produced by a plant is a chemical that affects how the plant grows and developed

Question 46

Auxin

Answer 46

Speeds up the rate at which plant cells grow and controls a plants response to light

Question 47

Photoperiodism

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A plants response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day

Question 48

Critical night length

Answer 48

The number of hours of darkness that determines whether or not a plant will flower

Question 49

Short-Day plants

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Flower when the nights are longer than a critical length

Question 50

Long-Day plants

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Flower when nights are shorter than a critical length

Question 51

Day-neutral plants

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Have a flowering cycle that is not sensitive to periods of light and dark

Question 52

Dormancy

Answer 52

A period when an organism’s growth or activity stops