Roots
Stems
Modified Stems
Leaves
Miscellaneous
100
1. Anchors the plant 2. Absorbs water and nutrients from the soil 3. Acts as a food storage organ
What are the functions of roots?
100
The point where a leaf is attached to the stem.
What is a node?
100
A specialized stem that is thick and runs horizontally underneath the soil.
What is a rhizome?
100
The primary food-producing organs of the plant.
What are the leaves?
100
Roots, Stems, & Leaves
What are the vegetative structures of plants?
200
An edible root.
What is a sweet potato? (carrot, beet, etc.)
200
The location where gas exchange takes place.
What is a lenticel?
200
An example of a bulb.
What is an onion, lily, daffodil, tulip, hyacinth, etc.
200
The leaf blade is connected to the stem by this structure.
What is the lenticel?
200
Netted
What type of venatation do dicots have?
300
Tip of the root where growth occurs.
What is the apical meristem?
300
Supports the leaves Translocates water, nutrients, and manufactured food Manufactures food Stores food
What are the functions of stems?
300
A rhizome with a tip that is swollen with stored food.
What is a tuber?
300
The main vein running down the middle of the leaf blade.
What is the midrib?
300
A plant that has its xylem and phloem arranged in a circle.
What is a dicot?
400
Fibrous Root System
What type of root system is characterized by roots that are roughly the same size and length?
400
Cells on the inside of a stem that carry water and minerals up from the roots and carry food down from the leaves.
What is xylem and what is the phloem?
400
A specialized stem made of s short flat stem with many fleshy leaves attached
What is a bulb?
400
A leaf with multiple blades on its petiole.
What is a compound leaf?
400
Scattered bundles of vascular tissue are found here.
What is a monocot stem?
500
White, or nearly white and smells fresh
What is a healthy root system?
500
The distance between bud scale scars.
What is one year's growth?
500
A bulb-shaped specialized stem that is made of a solid stem with no leaves.
What is a corm?
500
The arrangement of leaves directly across from each other on a stem.
What is opposite?
500
These plants have parallel venation.
What are monocots?
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