Plant Vocabulary

This part of the plant supports leaves and transports water and nutrients throughout.

Pores on the leaves and stem of the plant that control gas exchange:

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These anchor plants to the ground and absorb water and nutrients:

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The pigment that gives plants their green color:

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Living organisms that synthesize energy through photosynthesis are called:

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This process occurs when plants use chloroplasts to convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen.

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Generally flat, green, and attached to the stem, most photosynthesis occurs in theses:

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A colorless, odorless gas that plants use in photosynthesis:

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A gas produced by plants through photosynthesis that other living organisms use to breathe:

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Organisms that eat only plants: