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Plants & Sustainable Ecosystems
- 11.1 - Plants need certain things to survive
- 11.2 - Plants provide food and oxygen to ecosystems
- Activity - How important are plants?
- 11.3 - Plants are part of Earth's cycles
- 11.4 - Plants help protect the environment
- 11.5 - Plants provide habitats for other organisms
- 11.6 - Sustainable ecosystems require the presence of plants
- Activity - What if plants stopped providing ecosystem services?
- Summary - Plants & Sustainable Ecosystems
Plants & People
- 11.7 - Plants are a source of timber, fabrics, and medicines
- 11.8 - Many occupations involve working with plants in agricultural and forest ecosystems
- 11.9 - Many occupations involve working with plants in urban ecosystems
- 11.10 - Plants connect us with each other and with life-sustaining Earth
- Summary - Plants & People
Making Connections
Lab Activities
Plant Structures: Roots, Stems & Leaves
- 12.1 - Roots anchor a plant, absorb water and minerals, and store carbohydrates
- 12.2 - Stems support plants and transport water and nutrients
- Activity - How florists dye flowers
- 12.3 - Leaves capture sunlight and enable gases to move in and out
- Activity - Identifying trees for your customers
- Summary - Plant Structures
Plant Reproduction
- 12.4 - All plants have a life cycle involving alternation of generations
- 12.5 - Sexual reproduction in seedless plants requires water
- Activity - What does the gametophyte of a fern look like?
- 12.6 - Sexual reproduction in seed plants involves pollination
- Activity - Do all pollen grains look alike?
- Activity - Dissecting a flower
- 12.7 - Asexual reproduction in flowering plants produces clones
- Summary - Plant Reproduction
Hormones & Environmental Responses
- 12.8 - Plant hormones regulate growth and development
- Activity - Ripening bananas
- 12.9 - Short-term responses to the environment include tropisms
- 12.10 - Long-term responses to the environment include adaptations
- Activity - How do adaptations help plants survive?
- Summary - Hormones & Environmental Responses
Making Connections
Lab Activities
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