The Plant Kingdom 2
Terms
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- chlorophyll
- the green color in plants which traps sunlight and makes photosynthesis possible
- cohesion
- sticking together
- photosynthesis
- the process by which a plant creates carbohydrates
- fertilize
- to make fruitful or able to reproduce
- flower
- the part of the plant that priduces seeds
- petal
- the colored flower-leaf
- pistil
- the seed-bearing organ of a flower
- pollen
- the fertilizing dust in a flower
- root
- the part of the plant that seeks nourishment for the plant; generally grows underground
- stamen
- the pollen-bearing part of a flower
- stem
- the stalk of a plant
- algae
- very simple photosynthetic plants found in water or damp places, containing clorophyll and other pigments (colorings), and having no true roots, stems, leaves, or seeds
- fungus
- a very simple plant that does not produce food by photosynthesis, but feeds on living or deat plants or animals; it does not have true roots, stems, leaves, seeds, or cholorphyll, and reproduces by means of spores (fungi is the plural word)
- spores
- cells sent out by bacteria, fungi, algae, mosses, ferns, and so forth, capable of developing into new adult plants
- tree
- a plant with a woody trunk
- deciduous trees
- hardwood broadleaf trees that generally shed their leaves in autumn
- evergreen trees
- trees with narrow leaves that stay green the year round
- tropical trees
- broadleaf evergreen trees
- desert
- an area, either cold or hot, which lacks moisture most of the year
- monsoon region
- a hot region with distinct wet and dry seasons
- mountain region
- the 25% of earth's land surface over 3,300 feet above sea level, with plant and animal life varying according to altitude
- polar
- refers to the North (Arctic) and South (Antarctic) Poles
- savanna
- a warm area with wet and dry seasons, scrub type plants and only scattered trees
- taiga
- coniferous (cone-bearing) forest below the Arctic region
- temperate forest
- a deciduous forest in a region that has four seasons
- temperate grassland
- a plain of grasses where not enough rain falls to sustain a forest, but which has more rain than a desert
- tropical rain forest
- a hot area with heavy (59-78 inches) rainfall, teeming with plant and animal life
- tundra
- treeless plains in the Arctic Circle