Plants

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What does the stem/trunk of a plant do?
is connected to the roots and carries nutrients to the flower, leaf and fruit
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What do the roots of a plant do?
Sucks nutrients up from the soil or dirt and anchor the plant in the soil
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What is the job of the flower?
Look pretty and sometimes grow into fruit, makes seeds so that new plants can grow.
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What is the job of the seeds?
They are In different parts of plants and are used to grow more of the same plant
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What is the main job of any plant?
Turn carbon dioxide into oxygen
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What is an organism?
Living thing
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What is a producer?
Plants
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What does Energy do?
Makes things happen
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What is photosynthesis?
When plants use energy from the sunlight to produce food
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What is chlorophyll?
A substance that makes plants green
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What is Glucose?
Food plants make this, it is a sugar
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What is starch?
The changing form of Glucose
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What is a bud's job?
Growing point of the plant
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What is a leaf's job?
To trap sunlight to make food for the plant
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What is a branches job?
Spreads out leaves so they get lots of light
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What is a petiole's job?
Joins the leaf to the stem
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What is a terminal bud?
A bud growing from the stem tip
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What is a lateral bud?
A bud growing from the side of a stem
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What do the waxy cuticles do on a leaf?
Prevent too much water loss
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What does the thin blade of a leaf do?
Allows light to penetrate all cells through the leaf
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Why is there a green pigment in the leaf?
Because chlorophyll is present to trap light energy
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How does the width of a leaf help a plant?
Captures maximum sunlight
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What does the strong petiole do?
Holds leaf up to sunlight
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what do stem veins do?
Supports leaf and supplies water from the roots and carries sugars from the leaf to the rest of the plant
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What is stomato and what does it do?
Stomata is the pores in the leaf which allow carbon dioxide and oxygen to move in and out of the leaf
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What are xylem?
Xylem are tubes that carry water from the roots, they are found in the leaf vein
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What are phloem?
Phloem tubes carry sugars to other parts of the plant, they are found in the leaf vein
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What are guard cells?
Guard cells control the size of the stomata pores
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What are the reactants in the photosynthesis reaction?
Water and Carbon Dioxide, 6H O+6CO
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What are the products in the photosynthesis reaction?
Glucose and Oxygen, C H O+6O
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What is respiration?
It is the ooposite to photosynthesis, it is when food is broken down to release energy.
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What does MRS GREN stand for?
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition
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What is transpiration?
It is the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature
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What type of energy is used in photosynthesis
Solar
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What is the main function of the stomata?
To cool down the plant
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What is diffusion?
Movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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What is Osmosis?
The movement of WATER only from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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What is a xerophyte?
They are plants that have adapted to survive in an environment that lacks water.
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What is a white blood cell?
Part of the immune system, react when something bad has happened
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What is a red blood cell?
Carry oxygen, have haemoglobin
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What is a palisade cell?
Have chloroplast and a nucleus
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What is a nerve cell?
Sends messages through the body through pathways. Slow growing, usually cant be repaired.
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What is a sperm cell?
It has a tail to propel itself, gets energy from something inside the body
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What is a muscle cell?
Can repair and strengthen itself
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Where would you find an epithelial cell?
Inside your nose.
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