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- 6. A chemical reaction that takes place inside a plant, producing food for the plant to survive.
- 10. Plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy via the photosynthetic process.
- 12. Absorbs light energy and transfers it to other parts of the photosystem.
- 13. The colourless, odourless, gaseous element represented by the symbol “O”.
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- 1. The evaporation of water from plants.
- 2. A layer of cells just below the upper surface of most leaves, consisting of cylindrical cells that contain many chloroplasts.
- 3. A substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states.
- 4. property of objects which can be transferred to other objects or converted into different forms, but cannot be created or destroyed.
- 5. The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
- 7. The complex tissue, which acts as a transport system for soluble organic compounds within vascular plants.
- 8. A type of tissue in vascular plants that transports water and some nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
- 9. The parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- 10. dioxide A chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms.
- 11. A tiny pore in a plant leaf surrounded by a pair of guard cells that regulate its opening and closure, and serves as the site for gas exchange.
- 14. Main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells.