Plant Cells
Roots
Stems
Flower
Potpourri
100
This protects leaves from loss of water.
What is the cuticle?
100
Bermuda grass has this type of root system.
What is fibrous?
100
Compared to woody stems, herbaceous stems can be classified as this in terms of durability.
What is less durable?
100
This part of a flower is responsible for attracting insects.
What are the petals?
100
The basis of all living things, plants included.
What are cells?
200
This allows the movement of water and gases in and out of the plant leaves.
What is the epidermis?
200
This portion moves water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant.
What is the xylem?
200
This layer is responsible for closing the hole created when a leaf falls off the stem.
What is the abscission layer?
200
The portion of the flower which includes the ovary of the flower.
What is the pistil?
200
The substance which must be present for plants to produce food.
What is chlorophyll?
300
The layer of cells in plant leaves responsible for making the plant's food and giving the leaves strength.
What is the palisade layer?
300
The portion of the root system which aids in the root's retention of water.
What is the endodermis?
300
Growth in length of a stem occurs at this location.
What is the terminal bud?
300
The portion of the flower responsible for producing pollen.
What is the stamen?
300
This must occur for pollination to take place.
What is pollen must be deposited on the pistil?
400
These epidermal cells open and close the stomata and allow water to escape on cool days and conserving water and hot days.
What are guard cells?
400
Carrots are an example of this type of root system.
What is taproot?
400
New leaves or stems are produced on a stem by this portion of a stem.
What is axillary buds?
400
This protects the inner structures of a flower as they develop.
What is the sepal?
400
This portion of the plant holds the embryo.
What is the seed?
500
The 5 major parts of a plant cell.
What is the nucleus, the cell wall, the vacuole, mitochondria and chloroplast?
500
This tissue distributes chemicals, like weed killers, to all parts of the plant.
What is the phloem?
500
The leaf blade is attached to the stem by this mechanism.
What is the leaf petiole?
500
This describes a plant with both male and female flowers on the same plant.
What is a monoecious plant?
500
A lack of stimulus to change the direction of growth.
What is autotropism?
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