Plentiful Plants 1A

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  1. 2. stores food during the growing season so that the plant can continue to live after the leaves, stems, and flowers have died.
  2. 6. the pigment, or coloring, that makes plants green and is necessary for photosynthesis to occur.
  3. 11. what do we call scientists who study plants?
  4. 13. carries liquids from roots to leaves and back
  5. 19. the part of the plant that is visible above the ground.
  6. 21. tiny packages of chlorophyll contained in the cells of the leaf.
  7. 25. the large vein in the middle of the leaf.
  8. 26. this colorful and fruitful plant has petals in multiples of five.
  9. 28. form seeds
  10. 29. one main root that goes deep into the ground.
  11. 34. what do we call the process when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell?
  12. 35. the waxy covering that coats the kin of a leaf & prevents water from escaping.
  13. 36. make food for the plant
  14. 38. what is the long tube in the middle of the flower that has the ovary at its base?
  15. 40. often called legumes, this is the 2nd largest family of the flowering plants.
  16. 41. transport liquids; reinforce the structure of the thin, fragile leaf.
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  1. 1. a pair of cells that surrounds each stoma on a leaf to control how much water evaporates through the stomata
  2. 3. what are the colorful leaves some flowers produce that may be mistaken for petals?
  3. 4. the part of the plant that is below the ground.
  4. 5. what do we call a new variety of plant produced by cross-fertilizing related plants?
  5. 7. holds one or more undeveloped seeds; develops into the fruit.
  6. 8. a tough, fibrous material manufactured by plant cells out of glucose and used to make cell walls.
  7. 9. make and hold pollen
  8. 10. this is the most important family of food producing plants, long thin leaves, and very small flowers.
  9. 12. absorb water and minerals for the plant's use; anchor the plant in the soil.
  10. 14. the hinged leaves of this plant close on its insect prey like the jaws of a steel trap.
  11. 15. tiny projections near the end of a root that absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil.
  12. 16. a type of sugar; the food plants need in order to live.
  13. 17. Wat is the transfer of pollen from a stamen to the pistil?
  14. 18. this is the largest family of flowering plant; each "flower" is actually a combination of many small flowers.
  15. 20. the growth of a plant in response to a condition in its environment, such as gravity, water, light, or touch.
  16. 22. a layer of tough protective cells that covers the end of the root.
  17. 23. the glistening bait of this plant is tis sticky "dewdrops" that trap unwary insects.
  18. 24. most of the members of this family grow from bulbs; petals grow in multiples of 3.
  19. 27. tiny holes or pores in a leaf through which air enters.
  20. 30. what is the living, miniature, undeveloped plant that is within the seed?
  21. 31. after this plant attracts insects with its honeylike nectar, the insects slip into its pitcher-shaped leaf where they are digested.
  22. 32. the chemical process by which green plants produce food.
  23. 33. help attract bees or other creatures to the flower's seeds.
  24. 37. this underwater plant has hollow leaves filled with water that can quickly expand and suck in an insect or small crustacean.
  25. 39. this plant has long, narrow leaves and trumpetlike flowers that last only a day.