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What is cocoa used for

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Chocolate

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What is Canola used for

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Vegetable Oil

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What is seaweed used for

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Iodine, Thickens food

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What are sugar beats used for

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Sugar

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6 uses for plants with humans

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Environment,food,fibre,medicine,construction,fuel

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How do plants adapt

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they grow taproots if they are in places with less water and fibrous roots if they are in places with more water

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3 main parts of a plant, what do they do

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stem supports and stores food,roots get nutrients and anchor,leaves photosynthesis transport food

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Osmosis

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diffusion with a differentially permeable membrane

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Diffusion

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particles moving from areas with high concentration to low

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Xylem

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tissue that transports water from the roots

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Phloem

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transports food from leaves

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runners

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type of stem that grows horizontally

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Corms

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Underground stems

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Rhizomes

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underground stem that allows it to spread out

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Flattened

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Stems that insure the plant is facing away from the sun at all times

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Photosynthesis

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CO2 enters the leaf and gets mixed with sun energy then it releases oxygen.

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Respiration

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Plants release CO2 and take in oxygen

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Grafting

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Vegetative, cut a branch from another tree and attach it to another tree

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Layering

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Vegetative, branch of a plant bends down and is covered with soil

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Cones

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Male pollen gets carried to female cones and they fertilize

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Flowers

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Animals will pollinate them b/c they are attracted to the colour and smell

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Parts of a seed

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Embryo-small plant that reserves food for the seed
Coat-protection of the seed
Cotyledon-supplies food

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