Agriscience Vocabulary

1. the process of increasing the numbers of a species, or perpetuating a species.
3. A simple sugar that contains the building blocks for other nutrients
4. this type of reproduction uses the vegetative parts of the plant, namely the stems, roots, or leaf
9. The union of the pollen and the stigma
12. The process by which water moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a semipermeable membrane that is separating two solutions
13. The study of how organs function and the complex chemical processes that permit the plant to live, grow, and reproduce
15. the medium in which the tissue will grow
16. The main root of a plant that generally grows straight down from the stem.
19. Waxy, topmost layer of a leaf
20. Thickened, underground stems that store carbohydrates

2. The stem of the leaf
5. When soil pH is high
6. the absorption of water
7. a procedure for joining two plant parts together so they grow as one
8. The parts of the cell that contain chlorophyll
10. A process by which living cells (plant or animal) take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
11. spaces between the particles of sand, silt, and clay
14. a procedure for joining two plant parts together so they grow as one
17. The upper angle between the leaf or flower stem and the stalk of the plant
18. Shortened stems that are surrounded by modified leaves called scales