Chapter 13 Plant Processes

By what process do plants make their own food from carbon dioxide and water?

• cellular respiration

• transpiration

• photosynthesis

Why are many plants green?

• Plant cells are green

• Plants absorb green light

• Chlorophyll reflects green light

What gas do plants take in to make food?

• natural gas

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

What is the green pigment in plants called?

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• grana

What are plants called that keep some of there leaves year round?

• deciduous

• evergreen

• tropism

What are the plants called that bloom when nights are short?

• long-day

• deciduous

• evergreen

What is plant growth in response to light or gravity called?

• tropism

• gravitropism

• phototropism

• all of the above

What are the trees called that lose all of their leaves at about the same time each year called?

• deciduous

• evergreens

• long day

What is it called if a seed is sprouting?

• germination

• runners

• tubers

What are the tiny plants called that grow along the edges of a leaf called?

• runners

• plantlets

• tubers