Sunday, March 1, 2015

5th Science - 3/2/15

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bw_ePZ80uw3sqjxvsQsTKnetwGQy0kMaJfnK1nA6w6o/pub

Homework:

3/4 Copy vocabulary words in NB

1. vascular - vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.

2. sexual reproduction of plants -process by which plants generate new individuals, or offspring.  

3.  fertilization -reproduction by pollination.

4.  spores  - a small organism or a single cell being that is able to grow into a new organism with the right conditions.

5.  fronds - A big compound leaf; a term applied to the leaves of palms and ferns.

6.  rhizoids - A slender rootlike filament that grows from an alga, a fungus, or the gametophyte of a moss, liverwort, or fern, used for attachment and nourishment.

7.  asexual reproduction of plants - the formation of new individuals from the cell(s) of a single parent. It is very common in plants.

8.  mosses -  small flowerless plants that usually grow in dense green clumps or mats, in damp or shady locations.

9.  rhizome -creeping rootstalk, horizontal underground plant stem capable of producing the shoot and root systems of a new plant.


10.  Tropism -  the turning, bending, movement, or growth of an organism or part of an organism elicited by an externalstimulus, either toward (positive t.) or away from (negative t.) the stimulus