Parts that are essential to maintaining homeostasis
Includes the stem, leaves and flowers
What is the shoot system?
These are chemicals that send messages between living things
What are hormones?
Where new cells are produced
What is the meristematic tissue?
Transports nutrients such as sugar to areas where needed for growth (downwards)
What is the phloem?
Include root and root hairs (trichomes.)
What is the root system?
This is where the plant is affected by an external structure
What are tropisms?
Forms the outer covering of the plant; includes epidermis and periderm
What is dermal tissue?
Long distance transport is accomplished by these two processes
What are root pressure and transpirational pull?
Waxy coating to keep moisture in and out
What is the cuticle?
A type of tropism that grows upwards towards sun and defies gravity
What is gravitropism?
Has many functions and makes up most of the inside of a plant
What is the ground tissue?
The outside layer of the plant
What are epidermal cells?
These cells surround the stoma
What are guard cells?
This type of tropism grows towards sun for maximum contact
What is phototropism?
Transports water, minerals and other substances throughout the plant and provides support.
What is vascular tissue?
These types of plants have two organ systems: an above-ground shoot system and an underground root system
What are vascular plants?
This feature of plants lets necessary gases in and out.
What is the stoma?
This type of tropism grows around other objects to get sunlight
What is thigmotropism?
Transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves
What is xylem?
This type of tissue includes the phloem and xylem
What is vascular tissue?