Life & Cells
The smallest unit of life
What is a leaf
The main function of roots
What is finding and taking up water
What are support, transportation and food storage
The job of a flower
What is reproduction
Special structures in a cell that have their own jobs
Photosynthesis occurs in this plant cell organelle
What is the chloroplast
The root system made of many small roots
What are fibrous roots
The tubes that move water up the stem
What are xylem
The sweet liquid that recruits animals
What is nectar
The law stating that life can only come from life
What is the Law of Biogenesis
The products of photosynthesis
What are oxygen and glucose
The physical process of earth crust removal, which is prevented by fibrous roots
What is erosion
What are phloem
The ripened flower ovary containing seeds
What is fruit
Type of germ that is not alive
What is a virus
Leaves are arrange to maximize exposure to this
What is light
The root system with 1 large central root growing down and smaller side roots
What is a taproot
The dead part of a tree stem that gives support
What is the heartwood
The male part of a flower that produces pollen
What are the stamens
Organelle responsible for water storage and plant turgidity
What is the central vacuole
The three "ingredients" plants need for photosynthesis
What are water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and light
Unusual roots that have special purposes
What are adventitious roots
Special stems underground that store food
What are bulbs and tubers
The colored patterns that guide pollinators to flower nectar
What are nectar guides or pollen guides