Structures & Adaptations
The anchor of a plant, that also absorbs water and nutrients.
What are roots?
This part of the flower is where the male reproductive cells (pollen) will land to begin pollination.
What is the stigma.
Farmers water their crops using a system of large pipes and sprinklers.
What is irrigate?
Water enters the roots by this process
What is osmosis?
The process by which molecules spread from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.
What is diffusion?
Runners and rhizomes.
What are 2 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?
Any organism that prevents a plant from growing (farmers use these to save their crops from being destroyed).
Biological control.
What are the five ways to develop soil?
1. Parent material
2. Climate
3. Vegetation
4. Water
5. Time
This allows for the movement of food and water inside the plant
What is the stem?
A chemical process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
The part of the plant that holds the female reproductive cells.
What is the ovary?
Changing which fields grow certain crops each year
What is crop rotation?
Gas is exchanged in the leaf by this process
What is diffusion?
What is a plant adaptation for the desert?
- Stigma - Style - Ovary - Ovules
What is the female part of a flower (or pistil)?
The loss of water from the leaves of plants.
What is transpiration?
The development of a seed into a new plant.
What is germination?
Transportation, fuel, medicine
What are plant uses?
What are the three nutrients needed in soil for plants to grow healthy?
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
Water and minerals from the soil are moved from the roots to the leaves by this structure.
What is xylem?