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WorksheetsLIFE SCIENCE VOCABULARY #1: PLANTS – QUIZ #1: #1-18
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
ONLY GREEN PLANTS:
he process that plants use carbon dioxide and water (reactants)
in the presence of sunlight & chlorophyll to make sugar (glucose) and oxygen (products/results); sugar is
the energy for the plant & oxygen is a waste product for the plant; the opposite process of cellular
respiration.
GLYCOSIS
XYLEM
PHOTOSITHESIS
PHOLOME
ALL organisms undergo the process of cellular respiration; cells get the energy from
taking in oxygen &
process of photosynthesis.
sugar(reactants) & produce carbon dioxide & water (products/results); the opposite
APHOTIC
photic
flooding
Cellular Respiration
he plant organelle (structure) that contains the green pigment
he green pigment that enables plants to use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make their
own food.
the loss of water through the stomata in plants, usually at night
Openings (pores) in the bottom of leaves where water escapes during transpiration.
The tissues, or tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
(Ph sound like F in food)-the tissues, or tubes, that carry sugar (glucose) from the leaves to the ROOTS
A large root that grows very deep and straight down (edible roots- carrots, radishes, turnips
TAP ROOTS
a mass of tangled roots that grow in all directions
FIBEROUS roots
large bushes & trees have roots that are as wide as the top (canopy) of the bush or tree to hold
to prop up means to hold up.
PROP ROOTS
a tree root that extends above ground as an outgrowth of the trunk in order to support the
tree. Mainly found in tropical rainforests.
Buttress roots
small branches or extensions of root cells that water enters through.
have vessels- xylem & phloem- multi-stem plants
do not have xylem & phloem- smaller plants
Nonvascular Plants
flowers that are made of hundreds of tiny flowers; sunflowers
the colorful tissues of a flower that attract animals & insects
Imperfect Flowers- do NOT have stamens and pistils; maple tree
do NOT have stamens and pistils; maple tree
Imperfect Flowers
