Chapter 2 - Exploring The Plant World Flashcards

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What protects the young plant inside the seed from drying out or from being easily crushed.

A

Seed coat

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2
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What 4 things do seeds need to grow?

A

Water, soil, air, the right temperature

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3
Q

Upon what do all living things depend?

A

plants

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4
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What are the three main parts of seeds?

A

seed coat, young plant, stored food

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5
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What is the seed coat?

A

the hard outer covering of a seed

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6
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What happens to the seed coat when the seed begins to sprout?

A

it dies

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7
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Name two ways that you depend on plants to live.

A

give us food, help us breathe air

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8
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All flowering plants have these

A

seeds

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9
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the act of moving pollen from one part of a flower to another, or from one flower to another, so that the flower can make seeds.

A

pollination

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10
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the yellow powder or dust formed by a flower

A

pollen

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11
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What is a leaf’s job?

A

to make for the plant

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12
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What is the green material in plants called?

A

chlorophyll

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13
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What gas does plants take from the air?

A

carbon dioxide

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14
Q

What simplesugar is formed in plants?

A

glucose

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15
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What is the process that allows a plant to make it’s own food called?

A

photosynthesis

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16
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What four things are needed to complete the process of photosynthesis?

A

sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, chlorophyll

17
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What is the flower’s job?

A

make seeds

18
Q

What is the stem’s job?

A

carry food

19
Q

What is the root’s job?

A

take minerals and water from the soil

20
Q

Where does carbon dioxide come from?

A

animals and people give off carbon dioxide when they breathe

21
Q

What is chlorophyll?

A

the green material in plants

22
Q

What are the root’s “mouth”?

A

tiny root hairs

23
Q

What other jobs do the roots do?

A

Hold the soil in place

24
Q

What is a single cell produced in some plants which can grow into a new plant?

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What is a spore?
a single cell produced in some plants which can grow into a new plant
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Where are spores found?
Inside spore cases
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Does a spore contain food like a seed?
no
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What is necessary before a spore can grow into a new plant?
moist shady place where it can get food and air
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How is mold harmful?
It grows on food you eat and spoils it
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How is mold helpful?
yeast spores make bread rise pencillin, a medicine that has saved the lives of many people, is made from a special green mold mushrooms rot dead trees and animals and return their minerals to the soil to help plants grow
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Name some plants which grow from spores
mushrooms, ferns, mosses