Essential Science Vocabulary: Life Science: Plants

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  1. annual
    a plant that completes its entire life cycle in a year
  2. autotrophic
    able to synthesize its own food
  3. bulb
    a tear-shaped plant structure from which a new plant grows
  4. cellulose
    a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
  5. chlorophyll
    any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
  6. chloroplast
    organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  7. germinate
    sprout; produce buds or branches
  8. germination
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  9. leaf
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  10. perennial
    a plant lasting for three seasons or more
  11. phloem
    plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
  12. photosynthesis
    formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  13. phototropism
    an organism's orienting response to light
  14. plant
    a living organism without the power to move
  15. pollen
    fine spores produced by flowers to fertilize other flowers
  16. pollinate
    fertilize by transferring spores from one plant to another
  17. respiration
    process converting nutrients into energy in a cell
  18. root
    underground plant organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  19. seed
    small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow
  20. stamen
    the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower
  21. stoma
    a pore in a plant through which gases and vapor can pass
  22. transpiration
    the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  23. xylem
    plant tissue that conducts water and dissolved nutrients
Created on Thu Aug 05 10:13:39 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Aug 05 10:20:24 EDT 2021)

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