Plants make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide from the air, and water and minerals from the soil. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
Plants absorb a mixture of water and minerals from the soil through their roots. What is this mixture called?
Raw sap
A green substance in the leaves traps sunlight. What is that substance called?
Chlorophyll
Using sunlight and carbon dioxide, leaves transform raw sap into...
elaborated sap
Raw sap travels from the roots to the leaves through...
xylem vessels
Elaborated sap travels from the leaves to the other parts of the plant through...
phloem vessels
During photosynthesis, leaves take in __________ from the air and release oxygen.
carbon dioxide
Plants take in and release oxygen and carbon dioxide through tiny openings in the leaves. These are called...
stomata
Sometimes, especially at night, plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. This process is called...
respiration
Angiosperms have male and female parts for sexual reproduction. The female part is called the...
pistil
The pistil has four parts: __________, __________, __________ and __________.
stigma, style, ovary and ovules
The male part of the angiosperm is called the...
stamen
The stamen has two parts: __________ and __________.
anther and filament
Reproduction starts when pollen from the anther of a flower travels to the stigma of a different flower or the same one. This is called...
pollination
A grain of pollen reaches an ovule in the ovary. This is called...
fertilisation
The ovary develops into a fruit and the ovules become ___________.
seeds
