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All plants are _________ that contain many cells. |
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Plants are _____. They produce their own food. |
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autotrophs (auto means "from the self" and troph means "nutrition." |
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The process by which plants use carbon dioxide gas and water to make food and oxygen. |
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What provides the energy that powers the process of photosynthesis? |
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Plants must also have ways to obtain other ________ |
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A plant loses the most water during what part of the day? |
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The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves of most plants. |
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What materials are taken up by the bottom part of the plant? |
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What is made in the top part of the plant? |
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A plant needs to transport _____, _____ and ________ from one part of its body to another. |
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Transports materials throughout the bodies of most plants. |
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groups of similar cells that perform a specific function in an organism |
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An internal system of tubelike structures through which water and food move inside the plant. |
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Low-groing plants that lack vascular tissue. |
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What do nonvascular plants have for support? |
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Do nonvascular plants grow wide or tall? |
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Name the three groups of vascular plants. |
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ferns, club moss and horsetails |
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What two characteristics do ferns and their relatives share? |
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vascular tissue and they use spores to reproduce |
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Seed plants make up most plants on the _______ |
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Name four seed plants that we eat. |
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Rice, tomatoes, peas and squash |
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What clothes do we wear made from seed plants? |
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What kind of homes are built from seed plants? |
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What do seed plants produce that we breathe? |
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Seed plants share what 2 characteristics? |
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vascular tissue and they use seeds to reproduce. |
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How do the thick walls of the cells in the vascular tissue help plants? |
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Name two types of vascular tissue |
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The vascular tissue through which food moves. |
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Vascular tissue through which water and nutrients travel. |
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Structures that contain a young plant inside. |
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Seeds don't need this to reproduce. |
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Name 3 important parts a seed has. |
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embryo, stored food, a seed coat |
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Food is stored inside one or two seed leaves also called what? |
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Leaves vary greatly in what 2 ways? |
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Leaves capture the sun's energy and carry out this food-making process. |
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Stems carry substances between what two plant parts? |
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What do stems provide the plant so the leaves are exposed to the sun? |
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tap root system and fibrous root system |
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Consists of long, thick main root. |
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consist of several main roots and branch repeatedly to form a tangled mass of roots and soil. |
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What 2 things do roots absorb? |
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