Plant structures

The process in which plants use energy from the sun to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen is:

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• photobombing

• breathing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A plant part that is usually underground and absorbs water and minerals from the soil :

• root

• stem

• leaf

• chloroplast

The part of a plant that holds it up and has tubes that carry water, minerals, and nutrients through the plant.

• root

• stem

• leaf

• vein

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

Thin, branching roots that grow close to the surface.

• fibrous roots

• veins

• taproots

• xylem

A green pigment in plants that allows plant cells to make food using signlight.

• leaf

• chloroplasts

• sap

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The simplest types of plants that grow on land. They don't have stems or leaves.

• vascular plants

• nonvascular plants

• algae

The part of the leaf that makes food using air, light, and water.

• leaf

• stem

• root

• xylem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants that have a system of tubes that carry water and nutrients through the plant.

• nonvascular plants

• vascular plants

A gas that plants get from the air.

• oxygen

• methane

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Thick strong roots that grow deep in the soil.

• taproots

• fibrous roots