Roots
A large, central root that helps anchor the plant. (Think: carrots and trees)
What is a taproot?
The main function of leaves.
What is photosynthesis?
These are the 2 main functions of stems.
What are 1. structure and support, and 2. transporting water and sugars?
The Xylem and Phloem make up this tissue.
Name one product of photosynthesis.
What are: sugars or oxygen?
This root system contains many thin, shallow lateral roots.
What is the cuticle?
What direction do sugars move in a plant?
From the leaves down into the rest of the plant.
This structure transports water and minerals.
What is the xylem?
What are vegetative organs?
Small hairs that increase the absorption of water.
In leaves, the vascular tissue forms these.
What are veins?
What direction does water move in a plant?
From the bottom up. From the roots into the stems and leaves.
The outermost layer of cells. They protect the plant.
What is the epidermis?
Flowers and fruits are ______ organs.
What are reproductive organs?
Cells here fall away and protect the growing tip of the root.
What is the root cap?
Cells typically on the underside of a leaf that let gases in and out.
What are stomata or guard cells?
These types of plant shows secondary (woody) growth.
What are dicots, trees, or bushes?
The tissue that conducts photosynthesis and fills up the "middle" of stems and leaves.
Ground tissue.
The process of a seed sprouting its first leaves and roots.
What is germination?
An important area of cell division (growth)
What is the apical meristem or meristem?
Leaves turn bright colors in the fall because of this. (Multiple correct answers.)
The days are shorter. Chlorophyll breaks down. Other pigments are visible.
In non-woody plants, vascular tissue is arranged in rings or bundles?
Bundles, each contains xylem, phloem and cambium (area of cell growth and division.)
Needles, cactus spines, and pitcher plant traps are specialized types of ______.
What are leaves?
The process by which water exits the plant through its leaves by evaporation.