Vocab 3

1. a defensive organ that encloses and protects the developing reproductive structures.
4. comprises sac-like structures known as microsporangia which produce pollen for the process of pollination to occur.
5. the cycle of chemical reactions where the carbon from the carbon cycle is fixed into sugars.
10. a biological carrier of reducing equivalents.
11. a disk-shaped, membranous sac containing chlorophyll, in which the light reaction of photosynthesis occurs, found in blue-green algae and in the chloroplasts of green plants.
13. plant vascular tissue that conducts foods made in the leaves during photosynthesis to all other parts of the plant.
17. convert light energy into chemical energy.
19. leaflike, seed-bearing structures that constitute the innermost whorl of a flower.
21. triphosphate a compound consisting of an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups, present in all living tissue.
22. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
24. the movement of water within the spaces of a porous material due to the forces of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension.
26. the cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs, glands, or other tissues in the body.
27. The process in which plants use the energy of sunlight to make high-energy carbohydrates
28. the attraction of molecules of one kind for molecules of a different kind.

2. modified leaves that envelop a flower's reproductive organs.
3. enlarged basal portion of the pistil, the female organ of a flower.
6. a pigment present in all green plants and a few other organisms.
7. the male reproductive organs of flowering plants.
8. the enzyme that makes ATP molecules
9. plant vascular tissue that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and also provides physical support.
12. a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage.
14. a structure found within the flower.
15. are compact branching systems composed of reiterated units that typically consist of two separate structures: a bract, or modified leaf, that subtends an ovuliferous scale, which is a modified seed-bearing shoot
16. the part of the pistil where pollen germinates.
18. small collection of cells that are part of the male part of the plant that assists with plant fertilization.
20. any coloured material found in a plant or animal cell.
23. a biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
25. they make there own food