DK Science: Plants

+ CLASSIFYING PLANTS
CHLOROPHYLL
THE FIVE KINGDOMS OF LIFE
BIOGRAPHY: CAROLUS LINN`AEUS Swedish, 1707-1778
PLANT KINGDOM
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+ PLANT ANATOMY
PLANT CELL
LEAF
STEM
ROOT
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+ PHOTOSYNTHESIS
MAKING FOOD AND OXYGEN
FOOD-PRODUCING CELLS
CHLOROPLAST
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+ TRANSPIRATION
UPWARD-FLOWING WATER
STANDING FIRM
STOMATA
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+ SEEDLESS PLANTS
ANCIENT HORSETAILS
FERN REPRODUCTION
FERN FRONDS
MOSS REPRODUCTION
SPORE
PEAT MOSSES
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+ SEED PLANTS
INSIDE A SEED
SPREADING WITHOUT SEEDS
GERMINATION OF A RUNNER BEAN
FRUITS
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+ CONIFEROUS PLANTS
SCALES
DECIDUOUS NEEDLES
FLATTENED NEEDLES
CONES
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+ FLOWERING PLANTS
DICOTYLEDON
FLOWERS
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+ POLLINATION
FERTILIZATION
WIND DISPERSAL
CROSS FERTILIZATION
POLLEN
POLLINATORS
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+ TREES
WOODY TISSUE
FORESTS
EVERGREEN TREES
DECIDUOUS TREES
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+ PARASITIC PLANTS
TOTAL PARASITE
GREEN PARASITE
FLOWERING PARASITE
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+ CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
SPRING-LOADED TRAP
STICKY TRAP
PITCHERS
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+ PLANT SENSITIVITY
TIME TO FLOWER
SURVIVING WINTER
REACHING OUT
MANGROVE ROOTS UNDERWATER
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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+ PLANT SURVIVAL
DEFENCES
TOUGH ALPINES
HIGH UP ON A HOST
XEROPHYTES
HALOPHYTES
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+ FOOD PLANTS
PADDY FIELDS IN CHINA
VERSATILE FOOD PLANT
LIFE CYCLE OF RICE
COMBINE HARVESTERS GATHER WHEAT
CROP ROTATION
SELECTIVE BREEDING
BIOGRAPHY: NORMAN BORLAUG American, 1914-
PESTS
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+ GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
MOVING GENES
CARRIERS OF GENES
IMPROVING SHELF LIFE
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+ MEDICINAL PLANTS
GATHERING BARK
MEDICINAL JUICE
FROM PLANTS TO MEDICINES
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+ PLANT PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING PAPER
TAPPING RUBBER
FIELD OF LAVENDER
TIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTION
HENNA FOR HANDS
NATURAL FIBRES
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+ FUNGI
SOAKING UP FOOD
YEAST-COVERED GRAPES
EXPLODING PUFFBALL
MOULDS
LICHENS
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+ BACTERIA
RELEASING NITRATES
BIOGRAPHY: LOUIS PASTEUR French, 1822-1895
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+ SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS
AMOEBAE
SLIME MOULD
ALGAE
MALARIA PARASITE
BIOGRAPHY: ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK Dutch, 1632-1725
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+ ALGAE
FOREST OF KELP
TYPES OF SEAWEED
ALGAL OVERKILL
PHYTOPLANKTON
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