| A | B |
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| carbon dioxide | a gas breathed out by animals |
| nutrients | substances, such as minerals, that all living things need to grow |
| photosynthesis | the process by which a plant makes its own food |
| dormancy | state of much lower activity that some plants enter to survive colder weather |
| transpiration | the giving off of water vapor by plants |
| taproot | a plant's single main root that goes deep into the soil |
| fibrous roots | long roots that grow near the surface |
| germinate | to sprout, said of a plant |
| stamen | a flower part that makes pollen |
| pistil | a flower part that collects pollen |
| pollination | transfer of pollen from a stamen to a pistil by wind or animals |
| spore | a tiny cell that ferns and fungi use to reproduce |
| tuber | a swollen underground stem |
| grafting | the process that joins a cut stem of one plant to a slice in the stem of another |
| capsules | where spores grow |
| an example of a plant with fibrous roots | grass |
| sunlight is trapped in a leaf by the ... | chlorophyll |
| the waste product the plant's leaves give off | carbon dioxide |
| During photosynthesis water and carbon dioxide are used to make | sugar |
| plants take in water through their | roots |
| plants that have stems that can cling to other objects in order to reach sunlight | vines |
| plants that have roots near the surface to help them get water | cacti |
| plants that have roots to help them get nutrients from the mud | water lillies |
