Plant structure and Function
This part of the plant anchors it to the ground and absorbs water.
What is the root?
Plants use this gas from the air to make food.
What is carbon dioxide?
These are the two main types of vascular tissue.
What are xylem and phloem?
Plant Reproduction
What is the stamen?
Growth toward light is called this.
What is phototropism?
The main function of leaves is this
What is photosynthesis?
The main product of photosynthesis that stores energy.
What is glucose?
Nonvascular plants like mosses belong to this group.
What are bryophytes?
The female reproductive part of the flower.
What is the pistil or carpel?
Growth in response to gravity.
What is gravitropism?
This tissue transports water upward from roots to leaves.
What is xylem?
The organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
What is the chloroplast?
Plants that produce seeds in cones are called this.
What are gymnosperms?
Pollination occurs when pollen lands here.
What is the stigma?
Growth in response to touch.
What is thigmotropism?
These small openings on the underside of leaves allow gas exchange.
What are stomata?
The process that breaks down glucose to release energy.
What is cellular respiration?
Flowering plants are known as this.
What are angiosperms?
The process of fertilization results in this structure.
What is a seed?
This hormone controls plant growth and bending.
What is auxin?
This green pigment captures light energy from the sun.
energy from the sun.What is chlorophyll?
Photosynthesis and respiration are linked because one’s products are the other’s _______.
What are reactants?
Monocots and dicots are classified based on this part of the seed.
What is the cotyledon?
These colorful structures attract pollinators.
What are petals?
A plant curling around a trellis demonstrates this type of tropism.
What is positive thigmotropism?