Name: ____________________

Vocabulary Sheet
Unit B: Plants for Food and Fibre
Word Definition Example
Section 1.0
1. seed plants plants that make ________.

2. stems conducts ________, ___________,

and _______ to other parts of the
plant; it may also ________ food.

3. flowers/fruits Flower – reproductive _______ of

the _____________ plant. Fruit –
_______-bearing structure
(produced by the ovary of
flowering plant).

4. cones _________ the reproductive organs

of certain ______flowering plants.

5. seeds contains an _________ that will

form a ______ plant.

6. leaves __________ site of photosynthesis,

which helps nourish and sustain
life.

7. roots found underground and functions

by ___________water and
dissolved __________ in soil.

8. transpiration the plant process that ______

water ____ from the _______.
9. capillary action movement of _________ up a
__________ tube; happens when
____________ of liquid particles to
each other is _____ than their
____________ to the _____ of the
tube.

10. osmosis in cells, the _____________ of

water ________ the cell
_____________.

11. photosynthesis process by which plants use light

energy, carbon dioxide, and water
to make their own food.

12. chloroplasts the ____________ in plant cells

that _________ ______
photosynthesis.

13. cellular respiration the process in which cells

breakdown sugar particles into
carbon dioxide, water, and energy.

14. pores tiny ___________ in the cell

____________ of plants; allows
certain substances to _______ in
and out of the cell.

15. diffusion the ___________ of ____________

from an area of ______
concentration to an area with a
______ concentration.

16. concentration the __________ of ___________ of

one substance in a certain
_________ of another substance.

17. active transport the process in which __________

particles ________ the cell
membrane; active transport
requires ________.

18. gas exchange the process by which ________

 ____________ and oxygen _______
in and out of the plant.

19. life cycle the _______ that an organism Ex. life cycle of a seed…
passes through in going from one *draw*
_____________ to the _______.

20. pollination the process in which ______ and

__________ parts of a plant join to
_________ a seed.

21. pollen the ______ part of a seed plant

that ________ with the female part
to produce a seed; pollen is
produced by either __________ or
male ________.

22. ovary a _____________ structure on a

seed plant that contains the
_______; ovaries are often in the
_________ of a flower or on a
female cone.

23. ovule the __________ part of a seed

plant that joins with the male part
to produce a seed; ovals are usually
found __________ an ovary.

24. pollinator an ____________ that ________

pollen from one flower to another.

25. vegetative reproduction of ________ plants

reproduction. that does _____ involve the
production of seeds.

26. runners long _________ that ______ along

the ______ of the surface and
produce new plants.

27. rhizomes stems that grow __________ stems

 and produce new plants.

28. suckers _____ plants that are produced

from the roots of the __________
plant.

29. cutting A cut piece of a _________ that is

used to ______________ that
plant; cuttings usually have a part
of the stem and a few leaves.

30. grafting a _______________ to reproduce

plants that involve _____________
part of one plant to a second plant.

31. nutrients components of food that supplies

energy or building material to a
living thing.

Section 2.0
32. erosion the __________ that _______ soil
from one place to another.

33. organisms

34. shelter plants __________ other

____________ from the weather
and from predators.

35. fibre a material composed of ______ and Ex. Plant fibre

continuous __________.

36. living resources living things that can be used to

meet human ________.

Section 3.0
37. soil _________ material composed of
_______ particles and decaying
____________ matter.

38. mineral particles particles in ______ that come from

 rock that has been ________ down.

39. organic particles ___________ in soil that come

from plants and animals that have
______: __________ is composed
of organic particles.

40. humus partly ______________ material

from plants and animals that were
once ___________.

41. irrigation

42. plowing/ploughin the practice of ___________ into

g ______ and turning its _____ layer
________.

43. crop rotation the practice of planting a

__________ crop in a particular
field each _______.

Section 4.0
44. yield the ____________ of __________
plant material produced per
_________, or per _______ planted
in a particular crop.

45. hydroponics a technology for __________ plants

in which the plant _______ are
placed ___ a nutrient solution
___________ of soil.

46. selective breeding a technology for producing ______

varieties of an organism that
involves ___________ parents with
desired _______ in order to
produce ____________ with these
traits.

47. species living things of the same kind that

can reproduce.
48. variety a ________ of organisms of the
same species that has __________
characteristics that can distinguish
it from other varieties of that
species.

49. traits

50. genetic process in which _________ genes

engineering are added to a plant's ___________
material.

51. (a) gene ______ piece of material in a cell's

nucleus; each _______ in a cell is
responsible for the inheritance of
certain traits or characteristics.

52. herbicides A ___________ that ______

unwanted __________.

53. pesticides ___________ that are

_____________ to __________.

54. biological control a technology for controlling

_______ in which the natural
_____________ of the pests are
introduced into an environment to
_________ their population _____.

55. unintended results of an action that were not

consequences predicted or planned.

56. environmental the process of _____________ the

management ______ of humans with the
_______ of the environment.

57. monoculture the practice of growing only _____

 type of _______ in a __________
area.

58. biodiversity the number of __________ species

in an ________________.

59. sustainable can be _____________ or

(sustained) _____________; capable of being
used indefinitely, often referring to
the _____ of resources.