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| bog | a wetland where sphagnum moss grows on top of acidic water |
| Cell Wall | Rigid boundary that provides protection and support, surrounds the cell membrane in some cells |
| Cellulose | A chemical that makes the cell walls of plants rigid and strong |
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants as well as in algae and some bacteria, "green leaf." |
| Chloroplast | The structure in plant cells where energy from the sun is collected and used to make food, “green molded” |
| Cuticle | The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of some plants. |
| Fertilization | The joining of a sperm and an egg cell. |
| frond | The leaf of a fern plant. |
| Gamete | A sperm cell or an egg cell, |
| Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes,or sex cells. |
| nonvascular plant | A low-growing plant that lacks vascular tissue. |
| peat | The blackish-brown material consting of compressed layers of dead sphagnum mosses that grow in bogs. |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants and some other organisms capture light energy and use it to make food from carbon dioxide and water. |
| Rhiziod | A thin root-like structure lthat anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients for the plant. |
| Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes,or sex cells. |
| Tissue | A group of similar cells that perform a specific function in an organism. |
| Vacuole | A large sac-like area in a plant cell, used to store food, water, and waste, "empty space" |
| vascular plant | A plant that has vascular tissue, tubelike internal transporting tissue for moving water and nutrients. |
| Vascular Tissue | The internal transporting tissue in some plants that is made up of tubelike stuctures. |
| Zygote | A fertilized egg. |
| angio | a vessel, box, case |
| bio | life |
| cell | a granary, storehouse, or a small room for storage |
| chloro | green |
| con / com | with, together |
| cyto | a hollow place |
| ell | small |
| endo | within, inner |
| eu | good, well |
| exo | out, outside, without |
| fertil | fruitful |
| gamete | a wife or husband |
| gymn | naked, bare |
| icle | little |
| id / ic | a condition of |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| nuc | a nut |
| nucle | a little nut, the nucleus |
| -oid | like, form |
| ora | mouth |
| organ | an organ, an instrument |
| -ose /-ote | full of |
| phago / phage | eat |
| photo | light |
| phyll | leaf |
| phyte | A plant |
| pigment | paint |
| plasm / plasma | something molded ot modeled |
| plast (o) | formed, molded, counterfeit |
| pod | a foot |
| pro | before, in front of, forward, for |
| proto / prote | first, original |
| pseudo | false |
| Rhyz | a root, growl |
| sis | the act of |
| sperm | seed, male reproductive cell |
| spor | a seed |
| stom (a,ato,o) | A mouth |
| sym / syn | together |
| syn / sym | together |
| thesis | an arranging, to arrange |
| tion / sion / sis | the act of |
| troph | nourish, food, nourishment |
| vac | empty |
| zoa / zoo | an animal |
| zyg | a yolk |
| respiration | The process of breaking down food to release its energy |
| re | again, back |
| spir | breathe, coil |
| cell membrane | Regulates the movement of materials in and out of the cell |
| nucleus | The dense area in a eukaryotic cell that contains nucleic acids, the genetic material that directs the cells activities. |
| Cytoplasm | the region inside a cell that contains a gel-like material and cell organelles |
