Plant Vocabulary

2. the vascular tissue in plants that moves water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the rigid element in the stem
4. a cell that surrounds each stoma to help regulate the rate of transpiration by opening and closing the stomata
6. a chemical reaction plants use to get energy from glucose
7. a nonliving part of a biome
9. the vascular tissue in plants that moves sugars and other products of photosynthesis downward from the leaves
10. a part of the world that is characterized by the types of organisms that live there and its climate
11. special structure, unique to plant cells, where the food-making process takes place
13. the process that combines carbon dioxide, water, and light energy to produce glucose as food and oxygen as waste in plants
14. plants that do not have vascular tissue to transport nutrients, water, and food
16. microscopic opening or pores found on leaves that allow the intake of carbon dioxide and release of oxygen
18. the vascular tissue in plant leaves

1. a green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
3. the process of carrying pollen form the stamen to the stigma by wind, bees, hummingbird, or other animals
5. a living part of a biome
8. the green pigment found in chloroplasts and is an essential ingredient for making food
12. plants that have vascular tissue, xylem, and phloem, to transport nutrients, water, and food
15. the process plants use to make food
17. the release of water vapor through the stomata