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Group of structures designed to function together as a unit to perform a particular job for an organism.
System
Grasses, onions, and palms have what kind of leaf shape?
Long and narrow
This type of arrangement has a cluster of leaves growing around the base of the plant.
Rosette
Transports water and nutrients up the plant.
Xylem
Each small blade on a compound leaf is called a(n) __.
Leaflet
This root system has a main root that grows straight down and remains larger than the secondary roots that branch off from it.
Taproot System
Most of the water that is lost by a plant is lost through ____; a process by which a plant loses water vapor through its leaves.
Transpiration
Plants that live from year to year and bloom each season are known as ___.
Perennials
Roots, stems, leaves, and ___ are all considered organs of a plant.
Flowers
The system that is primarily above ground; responsible for hoding the leaves towards the sun to foster photosynthesis.
Shoot system
This kind of structural tissue is found in the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits of the plant and are responsible for making and storing food.
Parenchyma
Percent of our diet that comes indirectly from plants.
1/3 or 33%
This kind of MAIN plant tissue functions similarly to our circulatory system.
Vascular Tissue
Study of plant life.
Botany
This root system consists of a primary root that remains small and slender with secondary roots that grow from it in all directions.
Fibrous Root System
Come to the board and write the mathemaical equation for photosynthesis.
CO2 + H2O + Energy = C6H12O6 + O2
Leaves do not just fall off of a tree / plant, instead they are cut from the stem by an ___.
Abcission Layer
What does C6H12O6 represent?
Sugar (glucose)
Leaf venation characterized by two or more major veins extending outward from one point.
Palmate
Single most important factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis.
Intensity of the light striking the leaf.