Plants

Roots

100

I am the outer layer of the root; root hairs grow on med.

What is the epidermis?

200

I cover the tip of the root and protect it as it grows into the soil.

What is the root cap?

300

I grow on the epidermis and soak up water and minerals from the soil.

What are the root hairs?

400

I am the part of the root that stores food.

What is the cortex?

500

I am the beginnings of the xylem and phloem in the root and carry water and nutrients to the stem.

What are the transport vessels?

Leaves

100

I am the part of the leaf that opens and shuts the stomata.

What are the guard cells?

200

I am the part of the leaf that holds the xylem and phloem.

What is the vein?

300

I am the tiny holes on the underside of leaves that open and shut to let water out and carbon dioxide in.

What is the stomata?

400

I am the waxy, waterproof layer on the leaves that protect it from losing too much water.

What is the cuticle?

500

I am the outer layer of the leaf just below the cuticle.

What is the epidermis?

Hodge Podge

100

I am the food making process in green plants.

What is photosynthesis?

200

During photosynthesis, green plants need water, carbon dioxide and ____________ to make food.

What is sunlight?

300

I am the loss water through a plant's leaves.

What is transpiration?

400

I am a series of tubes found in stems that move water up.

What is xylem?

500

I am a series of tubes found in stems that moves food up and down.

What is phloem?

Hodge Podge 2

100

I am the science vocabulary word that refers to a seed plant that doesn't produce a flower.

What is a gymnosperm?

200

I am the science vocabulary word that refers to a seed plant that does produce a flower.

What is an angiosperm?

300

I separate the xylem from the phloem.

What is the cambium?

400

I am the breaking down of food into energy in cells.

What is cellular respiration?

500

I am the largest group an organism can be classified into.

What is a kingdom?

Hodge Podge 3

100

I am the narrowest group into which an organism can be classified into.

What is a species?

200

I am the chemical in plant cells that helps in the food making process.

What is chlorophyll?

300

I am the brain center of the cell.

What is the nucleus?

400

I am the storage center of the cell.

What is the vacuole?

500

I am the energy processor of the cell.

What is the mitochondria?