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Plant Classification
Roots
Stems
Leaves
Photosynthesis and Respiration
100
A series of hollow tubes that transport water and nutrients to the top of a plant
What is a vascular system?
100
Plants with this type of root have a single, main stalk-like root that plunges deep into the ground.
What is a taproot?
100
A series of tubes that moves water and minerals up the stem
What is the xylem?
100
The process leaves carry out (the process of making food)
What is photosynthesis?
100
The most important source of energy for Earth
What is the sun?
200
A seed plant that does not produce a flower.
What is a gymnosperm?
200
The outer layer of a root and the whole plant
What is the epidermis?
200
moves sugars that are made in the plant's leaves to other parts of the plant
What is the phloem?
200
The loss of water through a plant's leaves
What is transpiration?
200
The process in which energy is released when the cells of organisms use oxygen to break down the sugars stored as starch
What is cellular respiration?
300
A seed plant that produces flowers
What is an angiosperm?
300
Roots that usually grow at the bottom of a plant's stem
What are prop roots?
300
The xylem and phloem layers in a plant stem are separated by a layer called the
What is the cambium?
300
To perform photosynthesis plants need these three raw materials
What are sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from air?
300
Plant and animal cells produce carbon dioxide and water as waste during
What is cellular respiration?
400
a layer located just under the epidermis
What is the cortex?
400
What are the two basic forms stems come in
What are woody and soft?
400
A single pore is called
What is a stoma?
400
Plants use this and water to produce sugars during photosynthesis
What is carbon dioxide?