Botany Unit Vocabulary

The scientific study of plants.

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Botany

• Anatomy

the development of a plant from a seed.

• Germination

• Pollination

• Gestation

the transfer of pollen from the stamens to the pistil.

• Germination

• Pollination

• Gestation

a period in a plant's life cycle when growth and development stop temporarily.

• Dormancy

• Germination

• Hibernation

a green pigment that gives a plant its color and is responsible for absorbing the sun's light, providing energy for photosynthesis.

• mitochondria

• chlorophyll

• vacuole

plants that drop their leaves, usually in autumn.

• deciduous

• evergreen

plants that remain green and have leaves or needles the entire year.

• deciduous

• evergreen

the process by which plants use the energy from the sun to create plant food and oxygen using water and carbon dioxide.

• photosynthesis

• germination

• dormancy

the smallest building block of a living organism.

• atom

• molecule

• cell