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| germination | when a seed begins to develop after a period of dormancy |
| organisms | all living things including plants and animals |
| growth | when an organism gets bigger and more complex |
| seedlings | young plants that grow from seeds |
| roots | one of the first structures to grow. They grow downward to hold the plant to the ground and get nutrients. |
| stem | part of the plant that grows up and supports the rest of the plant |
| leaves | flat (usually) green parts of the plant that grow from the stem up from the roots |
| nutrients | the essential chemicals healthy plants need |
| hydroponics | growing plants in water and nutrients |
| flower | Fruit and seeds develop from flowers. |
| life cycle | stages that a plant goes through from seed to leaves to flowers to fruit and finally to seed |
