These tubes carry water from a plants roots to the leaves?
What is xylem?
100
A group of different tissues combined together and work to perform a function.
What is an organ?
100
The smallest unit of life?
What is a cell
100
Two types of root systems are called fiberous and _____________.
What is a taproot?
200
Carrots and beets are examples of this kind of root.
What is a taproot?
200
These tubes carry sugars from the plant's leaves to the roots and other parts of the plant.
What is phloem?
200
The shape of red blood cells is important for two reasons. The reasons are:
What is they fit through the blood vessels more easily and they are setup to carry the most possible oxygen.
200
The outermost layer of a leaf is called by this "E" word.
What is the epidermis?
200
A term for a new, baby plant. (Starts with an E)
What is an embryo?
300
Something all cells need to create in order to survive. (This starts with an "E")
What is Energy?
300
In assexual reproduction a ________ is a cell that can grow into a plant.
What is a spore?
300
A single plant cell that can develop into a new plant
What is a spore?
300
This is a kind of chemical that affects plant growth.
What is growth hormone?
300
Moving pollen from the stamen to the pistil.
What is pollination?
400
Most green plants store energy in this form. Its a favorite food for humans, found in potatoes, rice, cassava and more.
What is starch?
400
These types of cells make up your skin cells.
What are flat cells?
400
Two purposes of the cell membrane are:
What is letting nutrients in and wastes out
400
A chemical that helps plant cells grow larger is called ___________.
What Growth Hormone.
400
Plants change their direction of growth in response to the environment.
What is tropism?
500
The process that plants and some other organisms use to make sugar for food.
What is photosynthesis?
500
carbon dioxide + water + sunlight energy yields these two things.
What is oxygen and sugar?
500
Name 2 jobs that roots of plants perform.
What is anchor the plant in the ground and absorb water/nutrients from the soil
500
This grainy, powdery substance that comes from plants is important for reproduction.
What is pollen?
500
Since a leaf is a mixture different kinds of cells and tissues working together to perform a function, it is condsidered to be one of these (Begins with an "O")