Unit 4 Vocabulary

Front

Growing plants in water without soil

Back

hydroponic

Front

When plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves.

Back

transpiration

Front

Tiny openings in leaves that let in carbon dioxide.

Back

stomata

Front

Small green structures inside plant cells where photosynthesis occurs.

Back

chloroplasts

Front

The process by which plants use solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water to make their own food (glucose) and oxygen.

Back

photosynthesis

Front

A chemical reaction in which the chemical energy in food is changed into energy that can be used by the body’s cells.

Back

cellular respiration

Front

Specialized structures inside the cells of both plants and animals where cellular respiration takes place.

Back

mitochondria