Plant Tissues and Transport
Transpiration lowers the pressure in the leave xylem, creating an empty space (vacuum) that does what to the water.
What draws water upward in the plant?
Region of the root that is used to increase absorption of water.
What are root hairs?
Name the drawing(s) on the board represents a compound leaf.
Letter A
An above ground stem where at certain points leaves and shoots are produced. An example is the strawberry.
What is a stolon or runner?
Structure that contains 1/2 of the genetic information and is produced in the stamen.
What is a pollen grain?
In the pressure flow model water moves into the phloem by this mechanism in order to create a pressure and push the sap from the source to the sink.
What is osmosis?
The protective cells at the tip of the root.
What is the root cap?
Name the drawing(s) on the board that represent simple leaves.
What is B, C, and D?
An underground stem that is used for storage such as a potato.
What is a tuber?
Structure that contains 1/2 of the information and is produced in the Carpal.
What is the ovary?
This tissue is found inside the plant.
What is the ground tissue?
The region of cells capable of cell division just behind the tip of a root.
What is the meristem?
Name the drawings on the board that are palmately veined.
What is D?
An underground horizontal stem, that sends out shoots and roots at certain nodes. An example is ginger.
What is a rhizome?
A flower containing multiples of 3s is known as a______________.
What is a monocot?
Water absorbs at the roots, adheres to the sides of the xylem, and flows from an area of high to low concentration as water is transpired out of the leaves.
What is Cohesion-tension theory?
Type of root found in a monocot.
What is fibrous root?
Name the drawings on the board that are pinnately veined.
What is B and C?
The dark ring of the cross section of a tree stem represent
What is one winter of growth?
A flower containing multiples of 4s or 5s is known as a ____________.
What is a dicot?
The cells that lack nuclei at maturity and have holes in their cell wall in order to allow sap to flow through the plant.
What are sieve tube cells?
Type of root found in a dicot.
What is a taproot?
The term that describes a leaf with a smooth margin.
What is entire?
What accounts for the increase in girth or thickness of a plant?
What is secondary growth?
The name of the plant or plant part that contains half of the genetic information.
What is a gametophyte?