Plants
Superhighway
Under the Dirt
Autumn/Fall
100

This substance is made in the leaves by the process of photosynthesis. 

Sugar or glucose

100

These two tubes are transporting inside the stem. 

Xylem and Phloem. 

100

Name the vital plant organ located under the soil. 

Roots. 

100

Reason trees drop their leaves. 

Days shorten, less sunlight, conserve energy. 

200

Part of the plant that collects sunlight. 

The leaves. 

200

This tube transports from root to plant, and it is transporting this substance. 

Xylem, nutrient filled water. 

200

Name two types of these underground organs. 

Taproot and Fibrous

200

Pigment responsible for green color in leaves. 

Chlorophyll

300

This type of plant has a stem. 

A vascular plant. 

300

This tube is transporting from leaf to root, and it is transporting this substance. 

Phloem, glucose. 

300

This type grows straight down, give an example. 

Taproot, carrot, radish, beets, turnips. 

300

This classification of tree drops it's leaves in the fall. 

Deciduous. 

400

Two important jobs of a plant stem. 

1. Support the plant, provide stability

2. Transport food and water throughout plant. 

400

These are the cells that make new transportation cells. 

Cambium

400

This type spreads out in different directions, give an example. 

Fibrous, grass, lillies, onions. 

400

This is the color of carotenoid pigment. 

Orange/yellow

500

This organ is essential to providing support for the plant. 

Stem

500

Name the outermost layer of a plant.

Epidermis

500

Name two functions of these underground organs.

Stability, absorbing and storing water and nutrients. 

500

This color is the result of anthocyanin pigment. 

red/purple

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