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Tissue Systems
Roots
Stems
Leaves
Transport of Materials
100
Vascular Tissue
What is a tissue system that moves water, nutrients, and food through the plant.
100
Root Hairs
What is tiny cellular projections that penetrate the spaces between soil and increase root surface area
100
Primary Growth
What is the increase in length of the stem
100
Photosynthesis
What is the main function of leaves
100
Stomata
What is openings in leaves that allow for carbon dioxide to enter and oxygen to exit
200
Dermal Tissue
What is the tissue that includes the epidermal cells, which forms the outer covering of plants.
200
Taproot
What is a primary root that grows much larger than other roots
200
Secondary Growth
What is the increase in thickness or width of a stem
200
Blades
What is the thin, flattened sections of the leaf where sunlight is absorbed
200
Pressure-Flow Hypothesis
What is the hypothesis that explains how xylem and phloem work together to transport materials
300
Vascular Tissue
What is the tissue that includes the xylem and phloem
300
Fibrous Roots
What is roots that branch to such an extent that no single root grows larger than the rest
300
Vascular cambium
What is the meristematic tissue that increases the thickness of the stem (secondary growth)
300
Transpiration
What is the loss of water through the leaves
300
Adhesion
What is attraction between unlike molecules, such as water and some other material
400
Ground Tissue
What is the tissue that lies between the dermal and vascular tissues
400
Casparian strip
What is a waterproof strip that keeps water in the vascular cylinder after it reaches the endodermis
400
Xylem and Phloem
What is the two types of cells found in the vascular bundles
400
Guard Cells
What is the specialized cells that control the opening of the stomata
400
Capillary Action
What is the tendency of water to move upward through a tube
500
Meristematic Tissue
What is tissue where most of the growth occurs
500
Anchor plant in the ground, Absorb water and nutrients,
What is two functions of roots
500
Heartwood
What is the old, nonfunctioning xylem cells that help support the tree
500
Mesophyll
What is the specialized ground tissue that makes up most of the leaf
500
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium
What is three essential nutrients that plants must have