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