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Vocab for Ch 1,Lessons 3-4
Unit A Characteristics of Living Things; Ch 1, Lessons 3-4
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5th Grade
09/29/2007

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root cap
Definition
A thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows into the soil.
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root hair
Definition
Any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil.
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epidermis
Definition
An outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves.
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cortex
Definition
The layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant's roots and stems.
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xylem
Definition
The tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant.
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phloem
Definition
The tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through the rest of a plant.
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cambium
Definition
The layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem.
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transpiration
Definition
The loss of water through a plant's leaves.
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photosynthesis
Definition
The food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight.
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respiration
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The release of energy in plants and animals from food (sugar).
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response
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What a living thing does as a result of a stimulus.
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stimulus; plural stimuli
Definition
Something in the environment that causes a living thing to react.
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tropism
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A response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.
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adaptation
Definition
A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.
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