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| Photosynthesis is the process whereby a plant.... |
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1. Converts sunlight into chemicals energy
2. uses carbon dioxide and releases oxygen
3. produces a sugar called glucose |
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| What is the single most important factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis? |
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| Creeping stem of a grass plant that grows above the ground |
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| Winged fruits called samaras are produced by? |
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| Because of their lifecycle trees can be described as? |
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| A plant family known for its poisonous plants is in ??? |
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| The largest deciduous trees in Americas is? |
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| type of plant tissue that produces new tissue for growth and repair |
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| The cells of green plants contain? |
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1. rigid cell walls
2. chloroplasts
3. large vacuoles |
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| An abscission layer is involved in ? |
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| Loss of leaves of deciduous trees |
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| Dominant pigment in red leaves |
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| The shoot system of a plant includes? |
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1. Leaves
2. Stems
3. Flowers |
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| Pressure produced by water within cells |
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| The purpose of cellular respiration is to? |
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| What is the most important group of plants on earth? |
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| Field of biology that includes the study of frogs |
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| Leaves that lack a petiole are said to be? |
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| Cork and parenchyma are examples of the plant tissue known as? |
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| Plant cell walls are strengthened by a carbohydrate called? |
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| Rapid transpiration may cause the leaves of a plant to? |
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| Protects and covers the leaf |
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| Middle layer of leaf where majority of photosynthesis occurs |
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| Stalk that attaches leaf to stem |
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| The process in which water vapor is lost from the leaves of plants |
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| Type of vascular tissue that carries sap upward |
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| A leaf having more that one blade on the petiole is said to be? |
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| Place where an organism lives |
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| Plants whose special leaves trap and digest insects |
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| Term used to refer to non-woody plants |
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| What is the name for organisms that can make their own food? |
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| Name for flowering seed plants |
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| What are the two main kinds of root systems? |
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1. taproots
2. fibrous roots |
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| Name for grasses and grass like plants |
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| Liquid found in the roots, stems and leaves of plants |
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| Name for trees that lose their leaves each fall |
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1. Wheat
2. Barley
3. Rye
4. Oats
5. Rice
6. Corn |
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*Have one cotyledon per seed
*Have fibrous root system
*Leaves are long and narrow with parallel venation
*Flower parts are arranged in groups of three |
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*Have two cotyledons per seed
*The majority of angiosperms are dicots
*Flower parts are arranged in groups of four or five
*Leaves are usually broad and flat with a branching vein pattern
*Have taproot systems |
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