| A | B |
|---|
| roots | hold plant in place, carry nutrients |
| stem | holds plant up, carries nutrients |
| leaves | major food producing part of plant |
| blossoms or flowers | produce seed, allow reproduction |
| petal | colorful part of plant |
| sepals | small leaves that protect bud of flower |
| stamen | male part of flower |
| pollen | produced in anther, travels to ovary |
| anther | produces pollen |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from anther to pistil to produce seed |
| pistil | female part of plant |
| stigma | sticky top of pistil, collects pollen |
| ovary | bottom of pistil, holds the ovules, ripens into fruit |
| ovule | eggs in ovary, becomes the seed |
| dormant | life processes stopped for a time |
| spores | produced by ferns and mosses instead of seeds |
| photosynthesis | food making process in green plants |
| chlorophyll | the green substance in leaves |
| chloroplast | tiny structure in cells of green plants, holds the chlorophyll |
| sugar | food made by photosynthesis |
| oxygen | produced into the air by photosynthesis |
| carbon dioxide | taken from the air in photosynthesis |
| water and nutrients | taken from the ground to make food in photosynthesis |
| sun | supplies the energy for photosynthesis |
