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| spore | a single cell that can develop into a new plant exactly like the plant that produced it |
| gymnosperm | a seed plant that does not produce a flower, like pines and firs |
| angiosperm | a seed plant that produces flowers, like tulips, maple trees, etc. |
| aerial root | roots that never touch the ground and absorb water and nutrients from air and rain rather than soil. |
| taproot | a single, main stalk-like root that goes deep into the ground |
| fibrous root | thin, branching roots that do not grow deep in the ground, but spread wide |
| prop root | usually grow at the bottom of a plant’s stem to prop and support the plant so it can’t be knocked over |
| soft stem | a green, soft stem that can bend and contains chlorophyll to produce food |
| woody stem | stem that is covered with bark as a protective layer |
| phloem | the tissue through which food from the leaves moves throughout the rest of the plant |
| xylem | the tissue through which water and minerals move UP through the plant |
| cambium | the layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem |
| cellular respiration | the process in which energy is released from food (sugar) inside a cell |
| photosynthesis | – the food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight |
| transpiration | the loss of water through a plant’s leaves |
