Flowering Plant Parts
The part of the plant that makes food for the plant.
What are the leaves?
Plants responses to gravity pulling on them.
What is gravitropism?
The type of roots on grass.
What are branching or fibrous roots?
A waxy coating that keeps water from evaporating from leaves.
What is the cuticle?
Water can float seeds to a different location.
What is seed dispersal by water?
The part of the plant that anchors it to the ground.
What is the root?
Plant growth toward light.
What is phototropism?
The type of root that has one large, main root.
What is a taproot?
Tiny holes that allow gases to enter and leave the plant.
What is the stomata?
Seeds can be forcefully ejected from a plant.
What is seed dispersal by explosions?
The reproductive part of the plant.
What is the flower?
Plant responses of the roots towards water.
What is hydrotropism?
Roots that absorb water from the air.
What are aerial roots?
The outermost layer of the leaf.
What is the epidermis?
Light seeds travel easily in the breeze.
What is seed dispersal by the wind?
The part of the plant that provides structure and transports water and nutrients through the plant.
What is the stem?
Plant responses to objects that touch it.
What is thigmotropism?
Roots that rise from the stem and provide extra support for plants.
What are prop roots?
The tissue found in the stem that protects the phloem and xylem tubes.
What is the vascular tissue?
Seeds can develop in fruits that are eaten and dispersed in droppings.
What is seed dispersal by animals?
Dandelions and carrots have this type of root.
What is a taproot?
This word means "a turning".
What is tropism?
The small roots that grow on the main roots and let water enter the plant.
What are root hairs?
The tubes that carry food from the leaves to other plant parts.
What is the phloem?
The part of a seed that allows it to cling to an animal's fur.
What are hooks?