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Name_____________________ Plant Growth and Adaptations Study Guide (pgs. A72-A87)
DEFINE (Hint: The words are highlighted in your Science Textbook!)
carbon dioxide - gas breathed out by animals
nutrients
- substances that all living things need to
grow
photosynthesis - process by which plants make their own
food
dormancy
- state of lower activity during cold seasons
transpiration
- process by which leaves give off water
taproot
- deep roots that have tiny hairs to absorb
water and nutrients
fibrous root
- long, shallow roots
germinates
- sprouts and begins to grow
stamen
- part of a flower that makes pollen
pistil
- part of a flower that collects pollen
pollination
- pollen is carried from a stamen to a pistil
spore
- tiny cells from which some plants
germinate
tuber
- swollen underground stem
1. The term for the process that joins a cut stem of one plant to a slice in
the stem of another plant is known as grafting. __________
2. Where do spores grow?
Spores grow in capsules. ___________________
3. Is grass an example of a plant with fibrous roots or taproots?
4. Since photo means “light” and synthesis means “putting together,”
how does the word photosynthesis describe the process by which a plant
makes its own food?
Plants use light and energy to put together carbon
dioxide, and water to make their own food._______
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Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant
For the seed of a flowering plant to begin to grow, it needs warmth,
water, and air.
The seed sprouts and becomes a seedling.
Animals such as birds and bees feed on its nectar, which helps the
plant prepare more seeds.
1. Sunlight is trapped by a leaf’s chlorophyll.
2. The leaves give off oxygen as waste.
3. Water and carbon dioxide in the leaves combine to make sugar.
4. The roots take in water.