Vascular Basics
These are the three main parts all vascular plants have.
What are true roots, true stems, and true leaves?
This group of vascular plants reproduces using spores and includes ferns.
What are pteridophytes?
The main function of roots.
What is absorbing water and minerals?
A trait that makes a species less likely to go extinct.
What is an adaptation?
Propagation that does NOT involve seeds.
What is asexual propagation?
This type of plant tissue transports water and minerals upward from the roots.
What is xylem?
These plants produce “naked seeds” and are usually trees like pine trees.
What are gymnosperms?
The main function of leaves.
What is producing food (photosynthesis)?
Pitcher plants modify this structure to obtain nutrients.
What are leaves?
In cuttings, a new plant grows from this.
What is a part of the parent plant (root, stem, or leaf)?
This type of plant tissue transports sugars (food) from the leaves throughout the plant.
What is phloem?
This group includes all flowering plants and produces fruits.
What are angiosperms?
The main function of stems.
What is transporting water, minerals, and food and providing support?
Potato tubers are modified stems used for this purpose.
What is food storage?
Plants produced by asexual propagation are genetically this.
What is identical?
Smaller plants like mosses don’t need this because water can move cell-to-cell over short distances.
What is vascular tissue?
What are the two types of roots we've talked about?
What are fibrous/adventitious roots and tap roots?
Ferns usually have this type of root system.
What are adventitious or fibrous roots?
Cactus spines are actually modified versions of this plant part.
What are leaves?
Succulents are easy to propagate because their leaves store this.
What are water and nutrients?
Groups of xylem and phloem arranged together are called this.
What are vascular bundles?
Pine trees typically have this type of root system.
What is a tap root?
What adaptive job do roots do for mangrove trees other than absorbing nutrients and water from the soil?
What is provide support?
Orchid aerial roots are adapted to help the plant do this.
What is obtain water and nutrients from the air?
Asexual propagation is useful for farmers because it produces plants with this advantage.
What are predictable traits / uniform plants?