In The Lab
The Vascular System and more
Parts of the root
Root growth
Storage
100
What process did you observe during the lab that used the food coloring in the outside tub and a cup of water on the inside?
What is diffusion
100
What does the xylem do?
What is transports water up from the roots
100
What part of the root is not covered with a cuticle?
What is epidermis
100
Where does growth in length occur in a root?
What is the root tip
100
What is the storage unit in an onion?
What is leaf
200
What process can move a substance against its concentration gradient?
What is Active Transport
200
What does the phloem do?
What is transports sugars down the plant
200
What part of the root does the most surface area come from?
What is root hairs
200
Where does cell division take place in the root?
What is apical meristem
200
What root becomes thickened in storage roots?
What is the taproot
300
How did the water get to the top of the celery?
What is it was transported via the plant's vascular system
300
What doe adventitious roots arise from?
What is nonroot organs
300
What part of the root do the cells produced by the apical meristem undergo enlargement of lenght?
What is the zone of elongation
300
What are the 2 main root types?
What is taproot and fibrous root
300
What are the 3 parts food storage arises from in plants?
What is root, stem, leaf
400
Typically, the concentration of nutrients is higher in the ______ than in the _______.
What is roots, soil
400
Which part of the vascular system is mainly composed of dead cells with thickened cell walls?
What is Xylem
400
What zone of the root do the root hairs form from?
What is the zone of differentiation
400
What region of the root is cell maturation complete?
What is the zone of differentiation
400
Storage roots store a great amount of what?
What is starch.
500
What is the energy used in active transport?
What is ATP
500
What is the first root to develop in a vascular plant?
What is radicle
500
Name the 5 layers in the root?
What is epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, vascular system
500
Name all three zones of a root
What is the zone of maturation, the zone of elongation, the zone of cell division
500
What part of a plant are sweet potatoes?
What is the root
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