How leaves work
Special Leaves
Special Leaves
Roots
Stems
100
The chemical process by which plants produce food.
What is photosynthesis?
100
This connects the leaf to the plant.
What is a stem?
100
Plants that have unusual leaves that can trap and digest small insects.
What is an insectivorous plant?
100
A layer of thick protective cells covering the end of a growing root.
What is root cap?
100
A plant's response to gravity.
What is geotropism?
200
The pores on the underside of a leaf.
What is stoma or stomata?
200
Spread outward from the stem and across the leaf like pipes serving both to transport liquid and to reinforce the structure of the leaf.
What is veins?
200
Sticky dew drops that attract insects.
What is sundew?
200
A plant that sends one main root particularly deep into the soil.
What is taproot?
200
A plants response to water.
What is hydrotropism?
300
The pigment or coloring that makes plants green.
What is chlorophyll?
300
Runs straight up the middle of the leaf.
What is midrib?
300
Attracts insects with its bright colors and aroma.
What is pitcher plant?
300
Tiny projections near the end of the root.
What is root hairs?
300
The growth of a plant is response to touch.
What is thigmotropism?
400
The food plants need to live.
What is glucose?
400
The waxy covering that coats the skin of a leaf and prevents water from escaping.
What is cuticle?
400
Special leaves that contain no chlorophyll.
What is spines?
400
Surrounds the tiny opening of the stoma.
What is guard cells?
400
A strong cell wall that surrounds the membrane of each plant.
What is cellulose?
500
Tiny package of chlorophyll within a plants cell.
What is chloroplasts?
500
veins, midrib, and stem.
Name the three parts of the leaf.
500
Plants that climb upwards as the grow by clinging to tall objects such as walls or trees.
What is vines?
500
Roots store this extra sugar by converting it into a different substance.
What is starches?
500
The upper part of the stem.
What is stem tip?
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