1. Roots, _______________, and Leaves
Death Valley in California, is one of the __________ and ________ places on Earth.
Over _________________ of plants flourish there, such as the ___________________.
Twenty-three of those ___________________ are found nowhere else in the _____________.

2. The ________ of a plant is made up of three ____________________ known as ___________, ______________, and ______________.

3. There are two types of vascular tissues:
Seed plants contain ________________________ that carry ___________ and _________________ from one end of the plant to the other.
There are two types of vascular tissues:
______________ is a vascular tissue that ____________________________.
______________ is a vascular tissue that __________ ________________ and other ____________ throughout the plant.

5. Roots Systems
The main _______________ of the root system are to collect ____________ and ____________ from the soil and to _______________ the plant.
The root system consists of a larger _________________ and thinner ______________________.

6. The layer of ________ that covers the ___________ of roots is called the ______________________.
Some epidermal cells grow ______________ into ___________________.
Root hairs increase the _______________________ and ________________ the amount of substances a plant can ______________.

7. Stems
Stems ____________ the ___________ that gather water and ________________ to the ___________ that carry out ____________________.

8. Like roots, stems are covered in a layer of ___________________________.
They also contain ____________________.
But those ____________ are _____________ differently in stems than they are in roots.

9. Some plants have thin and ______________ __________ called _____________________.
Trees and ____________ have _________________ and produce a tough material called _________.

10. The _____________________of leaves is to use ______________ to make food during the process of _______________________.

12. _______________ allow carbon ___________ to enter the leaf and ___________ and water vapor to __________.
Each stoma is ______________ and closed by ______________.

13. __________________ of Fluid in Plants
The ___________ system of a plant is a bit like your _________________ system which carries ________________ throughout your body.
Water moves through the ____________ by two forces— ______________ __________ and ______________________.

14. Transpiration
__________________ is the __________ of water through the ____________.
As water ____________ the stomata, it draws more water along the ______________.
When the stomata are ___________, transpiration ___________.

15. Growth in response to a ____________ is called a _________________.
Plant Responses
Plants respond to a _________________ by _______________ either ___________ or toward the stimulus.
Growth in response to a ____________ is called a _________________.
A change in the growth of a plant due to light is called __________________________.

16. Plants also grow in response to gravity (_________________).
If a plant is turned upside down, it will grow _____________ from the __________ of gravity and turn _________________.

17. Reproduction of _______________ Plants
A ___________ is the _________________ organ of _________________.
Flowering plants reproduce by _________________.

18. Flower _______________ and _______________
______________ are used by plants for one purpose: ________________________.
The flower parts are usually arranged in a _________ around the ___________ parts of the flower, called the ________________.

20. The __________________ of the flower is called the ________________.
The stamen consists of the _______________, _____________, and _______________.
_____________ is the reproductive __________ that contains ______________ cells.

21. Reproduction in Flowering Plants
________________ in flowering plants occurs through the process of ________________.
After __________ grains land on the _____________, a pollen __________ grows from the pollen ___________, through the style, and into the _____________.
After fertilization occurs, each ___________ develops into a __________.
Each seed contains a tiny, _______________ plant called an _______________.

23. Fruits
A ___________ is defined as a ripened ___________ that contains ________________ seeds.
The _____________ of a fruit is to ___________ and protect the ______________.

24. Most of the “fruit” of an apple is actually formed by the stem ____________ the __________.
If you slice an apple in ____________, you can see the boundary between the _______________________ and the ___________.

25. Each ________________ of corn on a cob is actually an ________________ fruit!
In ________________, the fruits are soft and fleshy and contain a _________, stony ________.
_________________, like beans and peas, produce a fruit called a __________ that contains many seeds.

26. Seeds and Seed ________________
_____________________ is the process of a seed ________________ and its growth into a young plant.
Forest fires for example, burn the seed coats of some plant ________________ and allow them to __________________.

27. Many seeds are ______________________ __________ into the air and rely on the _________ to carry them.
Maple trees have ___________ fruits that carry their seeds from the _________________ plant.

28. Speaking of (the birds and the) Bees…
Biology Connection
The Buds and the Bees
_____________ is another word for “beekeeper” (apis is Latin for bee).
There are an estimated _______________ apiarists in the United States.
Speaking of (the birds and the) Bees…

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