6thSci- Ch 5 Plants

Sixth grade level science

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Part of a plant's vascular system that carries glucose throughout the plant.
Answer 1
Phloem
The thin outer layer of plant cells through which water and minerals from the soil enter the root.
Answer 2
Epidermis
A small hole in the epidermis of a leaf through which water and gases pass in and out of the plant.
Answer 3
Stoma
A layer of plant cells that moves water and minerals from the roots to other parts of a plant.
Answer 4
Xylem
Plant behavior caused by growth toward or away from something in the environment.
Answer 5
Tropism
The process by which cells combine food with oxygen for the release of energy.
Cellular Respiration
The loss of water from a leaf.
Answer 7
Transpiration
One of a pair of cells that work together to open and close a leaf's stoma.
Answer 8
Guard Cell
The process in which plants use energy from light to make glucose.
Photosynthesis