| A | B |
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| Photosynthesis | The food manufacturing process in green plants that combines carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light to make sugar and oxygen |
| Sugar | Main product of photosynthesis |
| Oxygen | By-product of photosynthesis |
| Respiration | Process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide |
| Absorption | Process by which plant roots take in air and water |
| Transpiration | Process by which plants lose water from their leaves through evaporation (occures in stems) |
| Translocation | Process by which food and nutrients move within a plant from one plant part to another |
| Reproduction | Plant process that increases plant numbmers from seeds |
| Reproduction methods | Sexual and asexual |
| Osmosis | Process by which minerals and water enter the plant through cell walls |
| Photoperiodism | Response of plant to different amounts of light regarding their flowering and reproduction cycles |
| Short day plants (require long nights to flower) | Poinsettias, azaleas |
| Long day plants (require short nights to flower) | African violets, spinach |
| Phototropism | Tendency for plants to grow toward a light source |
| 90% | Percent of plant tissue made of water |
| Water | Transports nutrients throughout the plant |
| Stages of plant growth | juvenile, reproductive, dormant |
| juvenile | When plants first start to grow from seed |
| reproductive | When plants produce flowers, seeds, and fruit |
| dormant | When plants rest or grow very little |
| Hardiness Zones | Zones of plants based on the average minimum temperature |
| North Carolina Hardiness zones | 6-8 |
| Charlotte Hardiness Zone | 7 |
