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Exploring Creation with Botany
Vocabulary words ch. 3
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Biology
4th Grade
01/24/2013

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Herbivores
Definition
Animals that eat only plants.
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Carnivores
Definition
Animals that eat only meat.
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Dissecting
Definition
When you take something apart to study it.
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Anatomy
Definition
The study of the different parts of a living thing.
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Stamen
Definition
Little stalks or poles that all look the same. (male)
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Filament
Definition
The pole of the stamen. (male)
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Anther
Definition
The enlarged part at the top of every filament covered with pollen. (male)
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Sepal
Definition
Green leaf-like points under the petals.
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Calyx
Definition
All of the sepals together.
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Carpel
Definition
The female part of the flower.
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Stigma
Definition
The sticky head at the top of the carpel. It is designed to catch any pollen that touches it. (female)
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Style
Definition
The long tube that holds the stigma. (female)
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Ovary
Definition
The very bottom part of the carpel. (female)
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Ovules
Definition
Little egg-shaped structures inside the ovary.
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Composite flowers
Definition
Hundreds of flowers on one stalk. Each tiny flower in the center has it own tiny stamens and carpet with ovules deep within.
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Ray flowers
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Composite flowers like Daisies, Asters, Sunflowers and Dandelions.
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Venus Flytrap
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Most famous of all the carnivorous plants.
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Bladderwort
Definition
Carnivorous plant that looks perfectly normal from above, but has traps that hang below the water.
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Pitcher Plant
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Has vase-like tubes that grow straight up from its grass-like stems. (carnivorous)
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Sundews
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Has sticky goo on the ends of the flower stalks. (carnivorous)
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