Plant Growth and Adaptations

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Substances that all living things need to grow

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nutrients

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Gas breathed out by animals

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carbon dioxide

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Process by which plants make their own food

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photosynthesis

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Process by which leaves give off water

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transpiration

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Each half of a leaf is a mirror image of the other.

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symmetry

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Long, shallow roots

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fibrous roots

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Deep roots that have tiny hairs to absorb water and nutrients

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taproots

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Swollen underground stem

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tuber

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Sprouts and begins to grow

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germinate

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Tiny cells from which some plants germinate

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spores