All About Leaves
What is the main functions of the leaf by which plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
The structure that protects the growing tip of a root and reduces friction as it grows through the soil.
What is the Root Cap?
_____ has one embryonic seed leaf.
What is a Monocot?
A leaf is considered this because it is made up of multiple tissues.
What is an Organ?
Final Jeopardy Answer.
Dicots, and answers may vary
The two main external parts of a leaf are..
Blade and Petiole
The two main types of Root systems.
What are the Taproot and Fibrous Root Sytems
A waxy Layer made up of epidermis cells.
The vascular tissue that transports water and minerals throughout the plant.
What is Xylem?
The layer in which the most photosynthesis occurs in a leaf
The Palisade Mesophyll layer
The three main main functions of roots
What is absorbing water and minerals, anchoring the plant, and storing food.
Woody stems get wider each year since new vascular tissue is added, which leaves this annual growth.
What are rings in the Xylem?
This vascular tissue transports sugars through the plant.
What is Phloem?
Final Jeopardy Question
Unlike the other group, this group can produce wood through secondary growth. Name 1 different feature about this group.