Sharing the Planet

Jennifer N. (United States of America)
Words related to unit of inquiry focused on plants, plant parts and roles, the sun and stars, and the process of photosynthesis
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  1. carbon dioxide
    a colorless, odorless greenhouse gas essential for photosynthesis
  2. chlorophyll
    any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
  3. energy
    forceful exertion
  4. flower
    reproductive organ of plants especially if showy or colorful
  5. glucose
    a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
  6. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  7. leaf
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  8. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  9. photosynthesis
    formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  10. phototropism
    an organism's orienting response to light
  11. pollen
    fine spores produced by flowers to fertilize other flowers
  12. roots
    the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
  13. solar
    relating to the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
  14. spore
    a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
  15. stem
    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  16. sun
    the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
Created on Wed May 16 23:24:50 EDT 2012

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