Stile Plants Lesson Vocab

A plant that digests insects and other small prey

• vascular bundle

• root hair cell

• carnivorous plant 

• stoma

The smallest unit of life

• palisade mesophyll

• cell

• phloem

• chlorophyll

The green substance in plant cells that absorbs sunlight

• cuticle

• chlorophyll

• vascular bundle

• photosynthesis

The waxy layer on the top of a leaf that reduces water loss

• photosynthesis

• epidermis cell

• guard cell

• cuticle

Any cell located in the outer layer of a plant

• epidermis cell

• carnivorous plant 

• spongy mesophyll

• palisade mesophyll

A cell that controls the entry of gases in and out of stomata

• epidermis cell

• cuticle

• guard cell

• chlorophyll

A layer of cells specialized in trapping sunlight for photosynthesis

• palisade mesophyll

• cuticle

• xylem

• stoma

A cell that helps form a plant's protective outer layer

• phloem

• pavement cell

• cuticle

• stoma

A tube that transports sugars through a plant

• chlorophyll

• cell

• xylem

• phloem

The process used by plants to produce their own food

• photosynthesis

• chlorophyll

• spongy mesophyll

• phloem