plant and seeds
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- the colorful parts of flowers that surround and protect the parts of the flower that make seeds; the part that attracts butterflies, bees, and other living things
- petal
- Part of the plant that grows downward. These hold the plant in place and absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
- Roots
- process by which energy is released so that plant cells can do their work
- respiration
- a seed that has one seed leaf and stored food outside the seed leaf
- monocot seed
- transfer of pollen from the stamen - and sperm- from one flower to the ovary on the pistil of another flower of the same kind
- pollination
- a seed with two seed leaves containing stored food
- dicot seed
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plants that make seeds inside cones
(example: pine trees and fir trees) - conifers
- process by which water travels through a plant, carrying nutrients and food, and losing some water through tiny openings in the underneath of it's leaves
- transpiration
- process by which green plants make their own food, using water, sunlight and carbon dioxide
- photosynthesis
- green substance in plant cells that traps energy from sunlight to make food
- chlorophyll
- tiny part of the seed that can grow into a new plant
- embryo
- sprouting of a new plant from a seed
- germination
- plants that make seeds by "flowering" or seed casings
- broadleaf
- part of a new plant that grows upward; growing leaves
- shoot
- gas needed by all living things, including plants; a gas that plants also give off as waste, benefiting humans
- oxygen
- part of the seed that covers and protects the seed
- seed coat