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Define photosynthesis
a plants responce to light
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Define stomata
"little mouth" a tiny hole or pore in a leaf
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Define chlorophyll
the pigment,or a coloring that makes plants green and helps carry out photosynthesis
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Define glucose
a tipe of sugar that plants need to live
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Define midrib
a large vane that runs up the mddle of a leaf
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Define cuticle
the waxy covering that coats the skin of a leaf and prevents water from exscaping
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Define shoot system
the part of a plant that is visible above ground
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Define root system
the part of the plant below the ground
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Define taproot
a single main root that penitrates deeply into the ground example:carrot, beet, ternip
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Define root cap
a thick layer of protective sells covering the end of a growing root
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Define root hairs
a tiny projection near the end of a root that finds water and desolved minarals in the soil
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Define guard cells
a pair of cells that surround the stomata on a leaf
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Define cellulose
a touph fibourus material made from gluecose that is used to make the cell walls of a plant cells
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Define tropism
the grouth of a plant in response to a condiction in its environment
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What are the colorful leaves some flowers produce that may be mistaken for petals?
sepal
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What is the long tube in the middle of the flower that has the ovary at its base?
pistal
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What do we call the process when a sperm cell unitesz with an egg cell?
fertilization
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What is the transfer of pollen from a stamen to the pistill?
pollination
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What is the living, miniature, underveloped plan that is within the seed?
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What do we call scientists who study plants?
botanist
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What do we call a new variety of plant produced by cross-fertilizing related plants?
hybrid
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Describe the main function of the leaves
produce food for the plant
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Describe the main function of the stem
to carry nutrients to the leaves
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Describe the main function of the viens
transport liquid and rienforce the structure
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Describe the main function of the roots
absorb water and mnerals for the plant to use
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Describe the main function of the flowers
reproduction
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Describe the main function of the petals
attract bees or other creatures to the flower
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Describe the main function of the ovary
holds undeveoloped seeds
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Describe the main function of the stamens
produce gollen
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Describe the main function of the bulb
insulate the plant from the cold ground and to nourish the plant
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After this plant attracts insect with its honeylike nectar, the insects slip into its picher-shaped leaf where they are digested. What is it?
pitcher plant
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The hinged leaves of this plant close on its insect prey like the jaws of a stell trap. What is it?
venus flie trap
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The glistening bait of this plant is its sticky "dewdrop" that trap unwary insects. What is it?
sundew
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This underwater pland has hollow leaves filled with water that can quickly expand and suck in an insect or small crustacean. What is it?
bladderwart
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This is the most important family of food-producing plants, with long, thin leaves and very small flowers. What is it?
grasses
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Often called legumes, this is the second largest family of flowering plants. What is it?
peas
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Most of the members of this family grow from bulbs; thier petals grow in multiples of three. What is it?
lilies
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This plant has long, narrow leaves and trumpetlike flowers that last only a day. What is it?
day lily
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This colorful and fruitful plant family has petals in multiples of five. What is it?
roses
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This is the largest family of flowering plants; each flower is actually a combination of many small flowers. What is it?
composites
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