Plants

Question 1

Abiotic factors

Answer 1

Nonliving part of a biome

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

A structure or behavior that helps an organism live in its environment

Question 3

Asexual Reproduction

Answer 3

One parent plant. Plants produced this way are an exact copy of the parent plant

Question 4

Biome

Answer 4

A part of the world that is categorized by the types of organisms that live there and its climate

Question 5

Biotic Factors

Answer 5

Living parts of a biome

Question 6

Cellular Respiration

Answer 6

Process where plants break down sugars to get energy

Question 7

Chlorophyll

Answer 7

A green substance that absorbs energy from sunlight during photosynthesis

Question 8

Chloroplasts

Answer 8

Special structures that are unique to plant cells, where the plant’s food-making process takes place

Question 9

Controlled Variables

Answer 9

Factors or conditions that are kept constant or the same

Question 10

Dependent Variable

Answer 10

The subject or thing that is being investigated. It is affected by the independent variable

Question 11

Guard Cells

Answer 11

Control when stomata open and close. Prevents stomata from giving off too much water

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

An explanation or idea about something observed that can be tested

Question 13

Independent Variable

Answer 13

A condition or factor that the investigator can change

Question 14

Nonvascular plants

Answer 14

Do not have the structures (roots, stems, leaves)

Question 15

Phloem

Answer 15

Transports food that the plant has made

Question 16

Photosynthesis

Answer 16

Process that allows plants to make their own food

Question 17

Pistil

Answer 17

Female part of a flower

Question 18

Pollen

Answer 18

Produced by the stamen which contains male reproductive cells

Question 19

Pollination

Answer 19

Occurs when pollen is carried from the stamen to the stigma and seeds form in the ovary

Question 20

Scientific Method

Answer 20

Investigations by scientists in order to answer questions

Question 21

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 21

Combines genetic material from male cells and female cells. The offspring have features from both parent plants

Question 22

Stamen

Answer 22

Male part of a flower

Question 23

Stomata

Answer 23

Tiny openings in plant leaves that allow the plant to take in carbon dioxide

Question 24

Thigmotropism

Answer 24

Adaptation that some plants have that allows them to respond to touch

Question 25

Transpiration

Answer 25

Process of plants giving off water through their leaves

Question 26

Vascular plants

Answer 26

Roots, stems, and leaves

Question 27

Xylem

Answer 27

Transports water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant