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What is spring?
Season of the year when trees begin to bud and plants start growing.
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What is the cell wall?
Rigid outermost layer of a plant cell.
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What is carnivorous plants?
These plants live in wet boggy soil and they trap insects for nutrients.
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What is taproot?
Name for one large central root growing down into the ground.
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What is evergreen?
Trees that do not lose their leaves in the winter.
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What is an annual?
Plants that live for only one growing season.
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What is the cell membrane?
Outer coating or "skin" of the cell.
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What are cactus?
These plants have the ability to store large amounts of water inside themselves.
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What is fibrous?
Type of roots that spread out in all directions?
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What is warmth, oxygen, and water?
Three things that seeds need to germinate.
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What is a perennial?
Plants that continue to grow year after year.
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What is the nucleus?
Control center, or brain of the cell.
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What is a parasitic plant?
These plants have roots that gain nutrients by tapping into another plant to steal nutrients and water.
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What is xylem?
Tubes that take water and minerals up the plant.
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What is germination?
Term that describes when seed begin to grow.
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What is a biennial?
Plants that require two growing seasons to produce seeds.
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What is the vacuole?
Part that stores food inside the cell.
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What is fern?
Plants that grow in rain forests, they reproduce with spores instead of seeds.
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What is phloem?
Tubes that take food up and down the plant.
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What is light, water, and carbon dioxide?
Plants need these three things to perform photosynthesis.
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What is decreased sunlight?
Plants lose their leaves in the fall because of this.
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What is the cytoplasm?
Liquid that fills a cell.
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What is moss?
Tiny plants that grow in forests, they absorb water through their leaves, they reproduce with spores instead of seeds.
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What is tuber and bulb?
Special stems that store food for the plant.
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What is dormant?
Term that describes the condition in which a seed is inactive or "asleep".
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