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plant test
non vasular plants/vascular plants scientific method/ and metric measuring
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Science
7th Grade
09/17/2009

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Term
Noncascular Plants
Definition
Do not have transportation tubes and must live near a source of water
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Brown Algae
Definition
Air bladders that help to keep it afloat
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Red Algae
Definition
The red color allows them to absorb a part of sunlight
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Bioluminescence
Definition
Glow or have living light
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Molds
Definition
Type of fungus.penicullium from the blue-green mold kills bacteria and other infections
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symbiosis
Definition
type of relationship in which two differant organisms live together.
Term
autotroph:
Producers
plants
Definition
Green plants make thier own food and are thus the food producers of the ecosystem
Term
//heterotroph:
Consumers;
Animals
Definition
An organism that feeds directly or indirectly on producers.
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Vascular plants
Definition
have transportation tubes that carry water and food throughout the plant.
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Chlorophyll
Definition
Green subtanc found in freen plant cells, that is used in photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis
3 requirements
Definition
1. water 2. light 3. carbon dioxide
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Ferns
Definition
Dead materials from ferns formed great coal deposits
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spore
Definition
reproductive cell
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stems
herbaceous stem
Definition
soft green stems of plants
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woody stems
Definition
plants with rigid stems
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Cambium
Definition
Growth tissue of the stem and phloem cells
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2 main transportation tubes
Definition
xylem: carries water and minerals up the roots
phloem: carries food sustances down
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Annual Rings
Definition
Each layer of a new years growth of xylem cells
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gymnosperms
Definition
not covered by a protective wall
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angiosperms
Definition
covered by a protective wall.(flowering plants)
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roots
Definition
anchor a plant in the ground and absorb water and minerals from the soil.
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Annuals
Definition
Plants with on growing season
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Pistils
Definition
Female organs of the flower
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Stamen
Definition
Anther Producesthe pollen, which contains the sperm
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