Plant Chapter 4
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- seedling
- the stage when a germinated seed begins growing and making its own food
- embyro
- the tiny plant inside a seed
- epidermis
- the outer layer of cells of a leaf
- germinate
- to sprout as a seed does
- vegetative propagation
- a form of asexual reproduction without seeds
- grafting
- a form of artificial reproduction that can produce desirable characteristics in woody plants
- palisade layer
- the layer of cell in a leaf where most photosynthesis occurs
- photosynthesis
- the process by which plants make food
- phototropism
- a plant's response to light
- gravittropism
- a plant's response to gravity
- tropism
- a plant's response to a stimulus
- fertilization
- the joinig of a male reproductive cell and a female reproductive cell
- ovary
- the portion of a flower at the base of the pistil that contains the eggs
- cotyledons
- the structure where food is stored in seeds
- celluar respiration
- the process by which cells release the energy in food to carry on life processes