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Unit 4
Plant Diversity
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Science
7th Grade
11/15/2012

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Roots
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Helps a plant stay up right,absorb water and other substances from the soil
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Roots
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Helps anchor a plant
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Stem
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The parts of a plant that connects its roots to its leaves
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Stem
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Support branches and leaves
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What is the main function of a leaf
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Leaf
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the major site of photosynthesis for the plant by capturing light energy and converting it to chemical energy providing the plants food
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Photosynthesis
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a series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food enrgy molecule glucose and give off oxygen.
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Cellular Respiration
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a series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP
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Cuticle of a leaf
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a waxy outer layer, helps reduce the amount of water that evaporates from a leaf
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palisade mesophyll
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rows of tightly packed cells
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xylem and phloem
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transport materials througout the leaf
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Stomata
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small openings in the epidermis that allow carbon dioxide oxygen and water vapor to pass trough them
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Stomata
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What area of the leaf is responsible for allowing carbon dioxide and water vapor to move out
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Pistil
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The female reproductive organ of a flower
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flowers or seeds
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If the pistil is removed the plant cannot produce
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Stamen
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The male reproductive organ of a flower
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at the tip of the stamen in the anther
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where does pollen grains form?
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This classification level has the greatest number of organisms
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What is the purpose of gymnosperms and angiosperms?
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Seeds can lie format for many years until what?
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Sporophyte stage
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Gametophyte stage
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Angiosperm stage
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Gymnosperm stage
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This is used to tell the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms
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Complete metamorphosis
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Incomplete metamorphosis
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Reproduction
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Gradual photosynthesis
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This is produced in photosynthesis
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This is an example of a species
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Spores
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Seeds
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