Abeka Grade 6 Section A Chapter 1

the chemical process by which green plants

produce food

tiny holes or pores in a leaf

through which air enters

tiny packages of chlorophyll

contained in the cells of the leaf

a type of sugar; the food plants

need in order to live

the large vein in the middle of the

leaf

the pigment, or coloring, that

makes plants green and is necessary for

photosynthesis to occur

the waxy covering that coats the

skin of a leaf and prevents water from es-

caping

the part of the plant that is

visible above the ground

the part of the plant that is

below the ground

a layer of tough protective cells

that covers the end of the root