Plants Flashcards

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1
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The root

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Anchors the plant, absorbs water and minerals from the soil, and stores food made in the leaves

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2
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The stem

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Supports the leaves and flowers and allows for the transport of materials up and down the plant.

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The leaf

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Makes food, loses water vapour, and exchanges the gases carbon dioxide and oxygen with the air.

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4
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The flower is for

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Reproduction, it firms the seeds.

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5
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Plants are identified

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By their flowers and leaves

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6
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Photosynthesis

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Is the process by which green plants make food

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7
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Chlorophyll

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Is the green chemical needed for photosynthesis

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8
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Chloroplasts

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Chlorophyll is found in the chloroplasts of plant cells.

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9
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Photosynthesis is carried out

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In all the green (chlorophyll containing) parts of the plant- especially the leaves

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Chlorophyll traps lights energy

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And uses it to combine carbon dioxide and water, to form glucose and oxygen

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11
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Phloem

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Glucose travels around the plant in special cells called phloem

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12
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Stomata

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Tiny pores on leaves surface are called stomata

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13
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Word equation for photosynthesis

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Light
Carbon dioxide+water —> Glucose+oxygen
Chlorophyll

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14
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Water is absorbed

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Through the roots of a pant

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15
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Xylem vessels

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Water and minerals move up through the plant in th xylem vessels

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16
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Transpiration

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Is the loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant

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17
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Transpiration stream

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The flow of water through a plant is called the transpiration steam

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18
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Phloem

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Food is transported from the leaves to the rest of the plant in the phloem

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19
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Tropism

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Is the growth of a plant in response to a stimulus

20
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Phototropism

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Is a pants growth response to light. Plant stems grow towards the light, allowing their leaves to get light

21
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Geotropism

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Is a plants growth response to gravity. Plant roots grow towards the source of gravity, allowing them to get water.

22
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Plants reproduce sexually

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By means of flowers

23
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Petals are coloured and scented

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To attract insects

24
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The sepal

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Protects the flowers before it blooms

25
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The male part, or stamen

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Consists of the anther and filament

26
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The female part or carpel

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Consists of the stigma, style and ovary

27
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Pollen

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Is made in the anther of the stamen

28
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The egg

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Is made in the ovary of the carpel

29
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Reproduction involves 5 stages

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  1. pollination
  2. fertilisation
  3. seed and fruit formation
  4. seed dispersal
  5. germination
30
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Pollination

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Is the transfer of pollen from another to stigma

31
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Plants are pollinated by either

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Insects or wind

32
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Fertilisation

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Is the fusion of the pollen nucleus with the egg nucleus to form a zygote

33
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A seed

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Is a fertilised ovule

34
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The ovary wall

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Becomes the fruit

35
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Seeds are dispersed

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To avoid competition

36
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Seeds are dispersed by

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Animals, wind, self-dispersal, or water

37
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Animal dispersal

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The bird disperses the seeds

38
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Wind dispersal

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Of dandelion seeds

39
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Self dispersal

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Pea pots explode

40
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Water dispersal

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Seeds float away

41
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Germination

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Is the growth of a seed into a new plant

42
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Seed germination

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Is necessary to form a new plant

43
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Water, oxygen and heat are

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Needed for germination

44
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geranium

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Can reproduce asexually by using leaf cuttings

45
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Other examples of asexual reproduction include;

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Tulip and daffodil bulbs, strawberry runners

46
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Shoot consists

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Of the stem, leaves, buds and flowers