BIGGIO'S VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTER 2 IN BIOLOGY TO HELP STUDY FOR THE CHAPTER 2 TEST
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- TRANSPIRATION
- THE LOSS OF WATER VAPOR FROM LEAVES AND STEMS
- VASCULAR CAMBUIM
- PRODUCES NEW VASCULAR CAMBUIM
- CHLOROPHYLL
- THE GREEN PIGMENT WHICH GIVES PLANTS THEIR COLOR AND ENABLES THEM TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY OF THE SUN
- ZOOLOGY
- THE STUDY OF ANIMALS
- DECIDOUS
- TREES THAT LOSE THEIR LEAVES EACH FALL AND ARE BARE ALL WINTER
- AUTOTROPH
- ORGANISMS SUCH AS GREEN PLANTS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING THEIR OWN FOOD. ALSO KNOWN AS "PRODUCERS"
- ANGIOSPERM
- SEED PLANTS
- BIOLOGY
- THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS
- LEAF HAIRS
- THE EPIDERMIS OF CERTAIN PLANTS HAS HAIRLIKE STRUCTURES
- ROOT SYSTEM
- IS THAT PART OF THE PLANT WHICH IS ORDINARILY UNDERGROUND, ANCHORING THE PLANT
- WOODY PLANTS
- CAN STAND ERECT WITHOUT SUPPORT
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS
- THE PROCESS WHEREBY A PLANT'S CHLOROPLASTS CAPTURE THE RADIANT ENERGYOF THE SUNLIGHT AND CONVERT IT INTO THE CHEMICAL ENERGY OF FOOD.
- CHLOROPLASTS
- WITHIN THE CELLS OF ALL GREEN PLANTS ARE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL STRUCTURES
- CORK CAMBUIM
- PRODUCES NEW CORK CAMBUIM
- STOMATA
- THE LOWER EPIDERMIS OF LEAVES THAT CONTAIN TINY OPENINGS
- MIDRIB
- LARGE VEIN RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE BLADE
- PETIOLE
- IT ATTACHES THE BLAED TO THE STEM
- HETEROTROPH
- ORGANISMS WHICH CANNOT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD AND MUST OBTAIN IT FROM OTHER ORGANISMS. ALSO KNOWN AS "CONSUMERS"
- STOLON
- A CREEPING STEM THAT GROWS ABOVE THE GROUND
- BOTANY
- THE STUDY OF PLANTS
- HERBACEOUS PLANT
- NON-WOODY PLANTS
- SAP
- IS SWEET LIQUID FOUND WITHIN THE VASCULAR TISSUE OF PLANTS
- HABITATS
- REGIONS WHERE PARTICULAR ORGANISMS NORMALLY LIVE
- GUARD CELLS
- 2 CRESCENT SHAPED CELLS THAT EXPAND AND CONTRACT IN ORDER TO OPEN AND CLOSE EACH STOMA
- CELLULAR RESPIRATION
- ENABLES THE PLANT TO "BURN" SUGARS AS FUEL FOR ENERGY
- TURGOR PRESSURE
- THE WATER WITHIN THE GUARD CELLS PRODUCES PRESSURE
- SHOOT SYSTEM
- IS THAT PART OF THE PLANT WHICH IS USUALLY FOUND ABOVE GROUND, HOLDING UP THE LEAVES TOWARDS THE SUN FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF FOOD AND PROVIDING FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND SEEDS
- BLADE
- THE FLAT GREEN PORTION
- XYLEM
- TRANSPORTS WATER AND DISSOLVED MINERALS UP FROM THE ROOTS TO THE LEAVES
- PHLOEM
- TRANSPORTS FOOD MANUFACTURED ON THE LEAVES DOWNWARD