Plants
SOL 4.4
a state of lower
activity that plants
enter to survive
colder weather
dormancy
a substance, like a
mineral, that all
living things need
to grow
nutrient
the process by
which a plant
makes its own food
photosynthesis
a gas breathed out
by animals
carbon dioxide
a tiny cell that ferns
and fungi use to
reproduce
spore
a flower part that
makes pollen
stamen
a flower part that
collects pollen
pistil
the transfer of
pollen from a
stamen to a pistil
by wind or animals
pollination
where seeds form
ovary
actual seed
ovule
small leaves that
house the
developing flower
sepal
anchor the plants,
take water and
nutrients from the
soil
roots
tap root
fibrous root
used in pollination
flower
where
photosynthesis
takes place
leaves
provide support,
allow movement of
water and nutrients
stems