Soil
Plant Functions
Leaf & Def.
Definitions
100
Sand and Loamy Sand are what texture?
Coarse
100
Meristem?
Cell division
100
What is the base of of a leaf?
The base is the bottom of the leaf.
100
A short, fleshy, underground stem
Corm
200
Loam, Silt Loam, and Silt all have the texture of?
Medium
200
Vascular System?
Moves water and mineral nutrients from the roots to the tops and to bring food from the leaves to the roots.
200
Define Rhizome?
A horizontal underground stem with nodes and internodes.
200
Define Grass.
Long slender leaves, parallel veins, and hollow stem.
300
What type of soil has the texture of moderately Coarse?
Sandy Loam
300
Stems?
Gives it the plant height and it supports the branches, leaves, flowers, and finally the seeds or fruit.
300
What is the enlarged terminal end of a stem?
The tuber
300
Define Xylem
The vascular tissue which is non living when mature and which carries what and dissolved mineral nutrients from the roots to the shoot.
400
Sandy Clay, Silty Clay, and Clay have a soil texture of?
Fine
400
Leaves?
The leaves are the principal food manufacturing organs of the plant. They absorb carbon dioxide out of the air and intercept sunlight.
400
What is the Margin of a leaf?
It is the Shape of the outer portion of a leaf
400
Define Legume
Broad leaf plant, netted veins, seed in a pod, N fixing bacteria in nodes on the roots.
500
Sandy Clay Loam, Clay Loam, and Silty Clay Loam all have a soil texture of?
Moderately Fine
500
What is sexual plant propagation?
Plants reproducing by seed. Get half of their genetic make up from each plant.
500
Define Bulb
A short, thickened underground stem with fleshy, scale like leaves that are filled with reserve foods.
500
Define Phloem
Vascular tissue composed of living cells which move food and other organic molecules from the leaves to all other parts of the plant
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