Plant Parts
These anchor the pant in the soil, take in water, and nutrients
What are ROOTS?
This part of the plant allows water and nutrients to travel throughout the plant.
What are stems?
These plants have a system of tubes that carry water and nutrients throughout the plant.
This is the green substance that captures sunlight so plants can go through the process of photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
The filament holds up the anther. These two male parts make up the _______________.
What is the stamen?
These are thin, branching roots. Grasses have these kinds of roots.
What are fibrous roots?
This part of the plant allows the plant to reproduce. This part has male and female parts.
What is the flower?
Ferns have the ability to grow tall so they are __________________ plants.
What is a life cycle?
What is pistil (the female part of the flower)?
These roots are thick, strong roots that grow deep in the soil.
What are taproots?
When you plant one of these, it will grow into a new plant.
What is a seed?
These are the simplest types of plants. They grow close to the ground and soak up water and minerals like a sponge.
What are non-vascular?
The part of the seed that stores the food is called this.
What is the cotyledon?
This part of the flower releases pollen.
What is the anther?
This is the part of the plant where photosynthesis mainly takes place.
What are leaves?
Give an example of a non-vascular plant that produces spores.
What is a fern?
What is moss?
One cotyledon=______________
Two cotyledons= _______________
What is a monocot?
What is a dicot?
This part of the flower hold the eggs or ovules that will turn into seeds after a pollen tube grows.
What is the ovary?
These are the microscopic holes where carbon dioxide is taken in and oxygen is released.
What are stomata?
Some plants have special structures that protect them from damage caused by natural forces.
What are protective structures?
This is a ___________________ plant that, celery has the ability to grow tall. You could see the tubes inside!
What is vascular?
_________________ grow year after year, while __________________ only grow one year.
What are perennials?
What are annuals?The pollen has to land on the top of the _________________ in order to grow a pollen tube.
What is stigma (or pistil)?