Anatomy
Functioins
Stems
Roots
Vascular Tissue
100

The area where a stem and a leaf meet

What is the node
100
This liquid is brought up through the plant
What is water
100
Grasses are classified as this type of plant
Monocot
100
True or False. Root hairs absorb most of the water and minerals used by the plant.
True
100

Xylem transports______ which direction

Water, minerals, nutrients; up

200
This type of bud is located on the very end of the stem
What is terminal bud
200
This molecule is transported from the leaves to the rest of the plant
What is sugar or gluclose
200
The creeping stem of a grass plant
What is a stolon
200
This type of reproduction happens when a root, stem, or leaf produces a new plant
What is vegetative reproduction
200

Vascular tissue that moves water and nutrients multiple directions


What is phloem

300
Section of a stem that shows the growth from a previous growing season, characterized by a distinct start and end
What is internode
300
Stems move minerals and nutrients in this direction
What is up the stem
300

Primary growth is __________ where ________ growth is a stem increasing in width

Stem elongation, secondary
300
What are the functions of the roots?
What is anchor the plant in soil, absorb water and minerals for plant growth, and store food.
300

Water, minerals, and nutrients move up the stem by these forces

What is adhesion, cohesion, evaporation


400
This type of bud is suppressed under apical dominance, and is only allowed to grow when dominance is removed
What is auxiliary bud
400
The stem supports this structure
What are the leaves
400

Apical dominance is

A bud prohibiting the growth of other buds on the stem

400
The root absorbs water and minerals by
A. diffusion B. osmosis C. imbibition
400

Dicots have vascular bundles in which arrangement in the stem

What are in rings, or a organized circle

500
This is the point of growth and elongation, where cells divide
What is the apical meristem
500
The final function of a stem is to
Supports the whole plant
500

Growth hormone that encourages the terminal bud to grow but stops other buds from growing

What is auxin
500
How plants store glucose
What is starch
500

Term for the overall movement of water, minerals, nutrients and sugars through the stem

What is translocation

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