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| openings on leaf surfaces or leaf-like structures through which gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor may enter and leave the plant |
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| loss of water vapor through the stomata of a leaf |
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| food-making process that takes place in the chloroplasts of plant cells and creates glucose and oxygen |
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| series of chemical reactions by which all living cells break down food to release energy |
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| response of a plant to an outside stimulus such as gravity or light |
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| type of plant hormone that can cause plants to show positive phototropism |
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| response of a plant to the number of hours of daylight and darkness it receives each day |
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| plant that needs less than ten to twelve hours of darkness to begin the flowering process |
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| plant that needs twelve or more hours of darkness to begin the flowering process |
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| plant that does not have a specific photoperiod and whose flowering process can begin over a wide range of hours or darkness |
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