Plants and Plant Processes

What do plants take in through their roots?

• light and heat
• water and nutrients
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen

Plants lose most of the water absorbed by roots through the leaves in

• reproduction
• respiration
• transpiration
• photosynthesis

Why is photosynthesis important for plants?

• It collects sunlight which is used to make food for plants
• It gets rid of plant waste products
• It changes plant sugar into stronger chemicals
• It helps attract insects to flowers

Brightly colored parts of flowers that attract insects.

• petals
• pistils
• stamen
• filaments

The stalk connecting the ovaries and stigmas.

• filament
• pistil
• style
• anther

Small grains that contain a plant's male reproductive cells.

• stamen
• pollen
• anther
• stigma

A flowering plant with leaves that have parallel veins.

• gymnosperms
• angiosperms
• dicot
• monocot

The stalks in a flower that produce the male reproductive cells

• pistil
• stamen
• filament
• stigma

The part of the flower on which the pollen grains land.

• pistil
• stamen
• style
• stigma

The part of a flower that produces the male reproductive cells.

• anther
• style
• stigma
• filament