Plants

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Plants

• Plants live all over the world from the humid
  rain forest to the icy Artic.
• There are over 260,000 species of plants.
• Plants adapt to their environment with the goal
  of survival and reproduction.
• Plants are adapted to living on land.

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Plant Characteristics

• ? Eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
• ? Producers (photosynthetic)
• ? Multicellular
• ? Sexual reproduction
• Plant cells have a cell wall, and chloroplast.

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How do plants get food?

• Making Sugar Plants produce sugar through a
  process called Photosynthesis (Photo- sunlight
  -synthesis to make)
• Photosynthesis is a process where plants capture
  sunlight and convert it to sugar.
• Photosynthesis Equation
• 6H2O 6CO2 ----------gt C6H12O6 6O2

Sunlight
water carbon dioxide sugar
oxygen
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Flowers and Pine TreeAngiosperms and Gymnosperms

• Angiosperms use flowers and fruit to reproduce.
• Flowers produce pollen and contain the plant's
  reproductive structures
• Fruit develops after pollination and contains
  seeds

• Gymnosperms, such as the pine tree, reproduce
  with pollen and seeds.
• Pine cones enclose seeds

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Do plants sleep?

• Yes. At night time, plants can not make food, so
  they shut down by closing their stomata.
• Stomata microscopic pores found on the under
  side of leaves

Stomata Closed
Stomata Open