Plant Structures Vocabulary

Something built or made in a specific way ( the PART of the plant)

• function

• Stem

• Leaf

• Structure

The purpose of something or the way something is used. ( What the plant's part does)

• function

• structure

• seed

• root

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The main stalk of the plant. Helps support the plant and transports nutrients

• roots

• stem

• leaf

• seed

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The green parts of a plant where the food is made

• stem

• flower

• leaf

• root

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A plant structure from which new plants can grow. These can travel many different ways.

• flower

• leaf

• seeds

• function

The process where plants make their own food

• germinate

• photosynthesis

• function

• structure

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on the inside

• external

• internal

• structure

• function

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On the outside

• photosynthesis

• internal

• external

• cycle

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a process that continues over and over again

• structure

• cycle

• germinate

• function

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This anchors the plant into the ground and has two types: Tap and Fibrous

• Seed

• Root

• Leaf

• Flower