Chapter 10 vocab

series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into ATP

• cellular respiration

• Seed

• photosynthesis

• Ovule

usable power

• fruit

• embryo

• energy

• spore

series of chemical

reactions that convert light energy,

water, and carbon dioxide into

glucose and give off oxygen

• photosynthesis

• tropism

• ovary

• embryo

plant’s response to the number of hours of darkness in its environment

• stimulus

• plant hormone

• energy

• photoperiodism

substance that acts as a chemical messenger within plants

• pistil

• plant hormone

• stamen

• pollen grain

any change in the enviornment

• mitosis

• pistil

• stimulus

• pollination

response that results in plant growth toward or away from a stimulus

• tropism

• alternation of generations

• fruit

• ovule

occurs when the life cycle of an organism alternates between diploid and haploid stages

• alternation of generations

• spore

• embryo

• ovary

immature diploid plant that develops from the zygote

• mitosis

• embryo

• spore

• ovule

forms from an ovary and sometimes other parts of the flower and contains one or more seeds

• fruit

• ovary

• ovule

• mitosis