The Aquatic Plants

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The Aquatic Plants

• By Jorge, Javier, and Brandoon

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Names of Aquatic Plants

• Hydrophytic plant
• Aquatic plants
• Hydrophytes
• Tracheophytes
• Vascular plant

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Different Kinds of Water Plants

• Duckweed
• Water Cabbage
• Water Lily
• Floating heart

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Places Where Water Plants Grow

• Fresh water
• Salt water
• Marshes
• Ponds
• Deltas
• Lakes

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About Water Plants

• The water plants float in the water.
• The water plant has holes to get carbon dioxide.
• They need some air and some light.

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What Aquatic Plants Needs

• Photosynthesis means that when the sun shines at
  the plant. It gets energy form the sun and that
  is how they get food.
• Carbon dioxide
• Light
• Water

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Leaves

• The cuticle is waxy covering on plants.
• Aquatic plants don't need that because helps
  other plants save water.
• Aquatic plants live on water.
• They float because they have thin leaves and the
  air sacs.

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How Aquatic Plants Breathe

• The aquatic plants has lots of holes that are
  called stomata.
• Stomata are on both sides of the leaves so they
  could breathe.
• Aquatic plants breathe carbon dioxide.

stomata
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Aquatic Plant Roots

• Small roots help bring water directly into
  leaves.
• The aquatic plants have feathery roots.
• Specialized roots take in oxygen.

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_plant
• http//www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/plants/introduction
  /plantframe.htm
• http//thesaurus.factmonster.com/waterplant
• http//earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/pho
  tosynthesis/photosynthesis.html
• http//www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/bioc
  oach/photosynth/overview.html
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