The+Sun+Powers+our+Planet+Glossary+of+Terms

** Glossary of Terms  ** ** Atmosphere ** - ** Carbohydrate ** - ** Carbon dioxide ** - ** Carnivore ** – a carnivore is an animal that eats meat - James ** Chlorophyll ** - a green pigment that traps the energy of sunlight in the process of photosynthesis. ** Chloroplasts ** - little food factories in the leaf that make food for plants using the process of photosynthesis. ** Cold blooded ** – animals that cannot control the temperature inside their bodies are cold blooded. They need the sun to warm them up so that they can move. ** Earth ** - Earth is a planet. It is the third planet in our solar system. It is the only planet known to have life. - Tipuna ** Evaporation ** - evaporation is water is heated by the sun and is turned into water vapour. The water vapour rises into the atmosphere where it may condense to become rain, hail, snow or sleet. ** Flower ** – The flower is the sex organ of the plant. It is where the plant reproduces itself by making seeds. The flower also provides food for some animals. Zared ** Food chain ** - a group of animals that feed off each other. At the bottom of the food chain is the producer – a plant which gets its energy from the sun. Then there is the primary consumer, a herbivore, which eats the plant. A secondary consumer a carnivore or omnivore eats the herbivore. The tertiary consumer, a carnivore or omnivore eats the secondary consumer and is at the top of its food chain. **
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Glucose ** – Glucose is a sugar made by plants and stored as starches. It is a mix of carbon dioxide, water, nutrients and sunlight. The process making glucose is called photosynthesis. Glucose (sugar) is a type of carbohydrate. Things such as potatoes have lots of carbohydrates in them and are good to eat. Glucose is made in the leaf in chloroplasts which are tiny food factories. – Gabrielle. ** Herbivore ** - a herbivore is a plant eating animal. - Arna ** Leaf- ** the leaf’s job is to collect the sunlight and to make glucose (sugar) for the plant. The leaf contains a lot of parts like the chloroplasts and stomata. The leaf is where photosynthesis takes place. - Tipuna ** Oxygen ** – People breathe oxygen, a gas which is in the air. Plants take in carbon dioxide, a gas we breathe out. Plants breathe out oxygen which we breathe in. - Molly ** Precipitation ** - another name for rain, hail, snow and sleet. - Madison ** Producer ** -a plant at the bottom of a food chain. Plants use the sun’s energy to produce glucose which is then eaten by animals – the consumers. – Jamie M  ** Roots- ** there are three different types of root – fibrous roots, tap roots and running roots. Roots collect water and nutrients from the soil to help the plant make glucose. - Shavaughn ** Seasons ** - There are four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter. The seasons are made by the power of the sun which also causes the weather. - Zared ** Seeds ** - seeds make plants. - Maggie ** Stoma ** – a tiny hole on the underside of the leaf which ‘breathes’ in carbon dioxide and ‘breathes’ out oxygen and water vapour as part of photosynthesis. – Alice ** Stomata ** – tiny holes on the underside of the leaf which allow carbon dioxide to come in and oxygen to go out – Oliver. ** Sun ** – a medium sized star, called a yellow dwarf. Stars are burning balls of gas. The sun is the star at the centre of our solar system. ** Sunlight ** - the light and heat that travels to Earth and the ingredient used by plants to make glucose. - Molly ** Tuatara ** - a cold blooded animal that relies on the sun to move. – Jessica C  ** Veins ** – tiny tubes in the leaf that carry water and nutrients to the cells in the leaf. - Maggie ** Xylem ** – tubes in the stem of a plant that carry water form the roots to the leaves. – Oliver.
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