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Plants and Their Adaptations Ch.4


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angiospermflowering, fruit-producing plant
chlorophyllhelps plants use light energy to make food
gymnospermplant with unprotected seeds
photosynthesisprocess by which plants use light energy to produce sugar
phloemtubes in plants that carry food
grainthe seeds of certain grasses from which cereals are made
sporesingle reproductive cell that grows into a new plant
germinateswhat a seed does when conditions are right for growth
xylemtubes in plants that carry water and nutrients
fiberplant material that can be separated into thread
pollenflower structures that contain the male reporductive cells
Quinine and digitalis are examples ofmedicines made from plants
fruit does NOT help seedstransfer pollen
root hairstake in nutrients and water
all organisms release what as they turn food into energycarbon dioxide
more spores are produced becausethey have less of a chance of growing than seeds
prop rootskeep plants from blowing over
xylem and phloemfound in vascular plants
xylemhardens to become wood
plants do not store food tosurvive in a flood
storage rootscarrots, sweet potatoes, turnips, and beets
leaves of plants take incarbon dioxide
fibers arematerial that can be separated into thread