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Vocabulary: Ecosystems & Plants
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Anther
Petals
Pistil or Carpel
Sepals
Stamens
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Stigma
Style
Ovary
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Ovule
Fertilization
Seed
Fruit
Germinate
Flower
Pollinators
Filamant
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Photosynthesis
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Autotroph
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Respiration
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Respiration
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Definition
(Male) Part that makes and holds the pollen
Colorful part of the flower that attracts pollinators
(Female) Entire female part of the flower
Leaves protecting the bud
(Male) Entire male part of the flower
Yellow to orange grains that carry male DNA
(Female) Receives pollen for fertilization (it is sticky)
(Female) Holds pollen tube
(Female) Holds ovules (eggs)
(Female) Eggs (has female DNA)
The process of pollen joining with an ovule to form a seed
An ovule becomes a seed after fertilization
After fertilization the ovary ripens into a fruit
The process where a seed is transformed into a plant
The entire reproductive part of an angiosperm
Organisms like bees that spread pollen
(Male) A long hair-like structure that holds the anther
Plants that have a flower
Plants that do not have a flower
The process where plants use sunlight energy to change
carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
The green pigment in leaves that reacts to sunlight
Sugar for living organisms
An organism that makes its own food (producer or plant)
An organism that must eat its food (humans)
The process where oxygen is used to release the energy in
glucose (this is a chemical reaction.
Respiration in living cells
The protective waxy coating on leaves (keeps water from
evaporating)
Guard Cells
Special cells that open and close the stomata
Stomata
Openings in the leaves that allow water and oxygen to
escape the leaf.
Transpiration
The process a plant uses to bring water from roots to leaf
tips. It begins with evaporation from the stomata.
Tropism
A plant turns as a response to something in the environment
Ecosystem
A group of interacting organisms and their environment
Abiotic Factors Nonliving physical or chemical parts of an ecosystem
EXAMPLE: rocks, sand, water, soil, climate
34. Biotic factor
Living parts of an ecosystem EXAMPLE: plants, animals, microbes
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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a
source of food EXAMPLE: eagle eats snake, eats bird, eats worm
Food Web
A system of connected food chains.
A group of food chains in the same ecosystem
Decomposer
An organism of decay (eats dead stuff)
Consumer
An organism that gets (eats) energy from other organisms
EXAMPLE: Tiger eats a student
Producer
Organisms such as green plants that produce food for other
organisms
Niche
The purpose of a living thing in an environment
EXAMPLE: A bee’s job is to pollinate
Limiting Factor A factor in an environment that prevents or limits the growth
of organisms. Example: a water shortage limits many animals
Tolerance
43. Species
44. Biome
45. Habitat
-A group of organisms with the same genetic make-up
-A group of organisms with similar traits and characteristics
-A group of organisms that can breed and produce offspring
a large region with plants, life forms, and climate unique to
that area: EXAMPLE: desert, rain forest,
A particular organism’s environment (where it lives)
EXAMPLE: turtle in a pond
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Predator
Prey
Scavenger
Herbivore
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Dormancy
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An animal that hunts other animals for food
The animal being hunted: (
An animal that eats already dead stuff (vultures, crows)
Eats plants
Eats animals
Eats both plants and animals