Plant Classification
The plants that have a system of tubes for transporting water, minerals, and sugars.
What are vascular plants?
The threadlike projections from the root's epidermis that soak ups moisture from the ground.
What are root hairs?
The number of different types of roots.
What is FOUR?
What is a woody stem?
The ONE main job of the plant's leaves.
What is to make food (sugars) for the plant through the process of photosynthesis?
Plants that reproduce with seeds that are protected by fruit.
The root layer that is located just under the epidermis and is used to store food and nutrients.
What is the cortex?
The type of root that has a single, main stalk-like root that grows deep into the ground and often grows in dry areas. (Example: pine trees)
What is a taproot?
The series of tubes, or transport vessels, that move water and minerals UP the stem from the roots to the leaves.
What are seedless plants?
The part of the root that is located at the center and transports water and minerals.
What is the vascular system?
The type of root that usually grows at the bottom of a plant's stem and supports the plant to keep it from being knocked over. (Examples: mangrove trees and corn)
What is a prop root?
The series of tubes, or transport vessels, that carry sugars UP and DOWN from one part of the plant to another.
What is phloem?
The loss of water through the stomata of a plant's leaves.
What is transpiration?
Plants that reproduce with hard seeds that are uncovered but often are in cones.
The outer layer of a root where the root hairs are attached.
What is the epidermis?
Thin, branching roots that do not grow deep into the ground but often cover a very wide area. (Example: grass)
What are fibrous roots?
The layer of a plant's stem that separates the layers of xylem and phloem and also produces the xylem and phloem cells.
What is the cambium?
The part of the plant's leaves that the xylem and phloem transport vessels pass through.
What are the veins?
The single cell that can develop into a new plant, which seedless plants use to reproduce.
What is a spore?
The three main functions of a plant's roots.
What are 1) anchor the plant into the ground, 2) absorb water and minerals, and 3) store food?
The type of roots that never touch the ground but anchor plants to trees, rocks, or other surfaces and absorb water from the air. (Example: orchids)
What are aerial roots?
The two main functions of plant stems.
What are 1) support the weight of the plant and 2) serve as a transport system for water, minerals, and sugar?
The process in the mitochondria of a cell when the cell uses oxygen to break down sugars and release energy for the cell to use.
What is cellular respiration?