The anchor of a plant, that also absorbs water and nutrients.
What are roots?
The evaporation of water from the surface of the plant, mainly from the leaves.
What is transpiration?
This diagram demonstrates which process?
What is photosynthesis?
These are substances that are toxic to plants often used to help rid areas of invasive species.
What are herbicides?
The structure in seed plants that produce food.
What are the leaves?
The attraction of water particles as water travels from the roots, and up the stem to the leaves through tiny tubes.
What is capillary action?
This diagram represents this process which usually takes place at night.
What is cellular respiration?
These have no natural predators in a new environment.
What are invasive species?
The structure in seed plants that support the other parts of the plant.
What is the stem?
Water moves to the area of higher solute concentration through a semi-permeable membrane (cell wall)
What is osmosis?
Plants in Alberta often have a taproot (one dominant root) due low precipitation amounts.
What are adaptations?
Name an invasive species.
Answers vary.
Ex: Goldfish are invasive
This structure usually contains both male and female parts for reproduction.
What are flowers?
This mineral is usually lacking when Carnivorous plants digest insects.
What is Nitrogen?
This plant system helps carry food and water throughout a plant.
What are vascular plants? (Xylem carries water and Phloem carries sugar)
Name a use for plants and give an example.
Plants for...
Food,fibre, clothing, medicine, buildings, fuel
Examples will vary
This structure anchors the plant as it absorbs water and minerals.
What are the roots?
This is the practice of planting one type of crop in a field every year to match the nutrients the soil has for a particular type of crop.
What is monoculture?
The method of growing plants without soil.
What is hydroponics?
Cotton comes from this part of the cotton plant.
What are the seeds?