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Vocabulary
Root Systems
Stem Structure
The Flower
Tissue Systems
100
What is the vascular tissue system?
the tissues responsible for conducting materials within a plant
100
The Xylem is responsible for ____?
water movement
100

What is another name for the stem and leaves?

Shoot

100

How are gymnosperms usually pollinated

By wind

100
What are the 3 tissue systems?
Dermal, Ground and Vascular
200
What is a guard cell?
one of a pair of special cells in the epidermis that surround and control the opening and closing of each stomate
200
What are roots?
branching organs which grow downward into the soil
200
What is the stems main function?
to support the branches, leaves and flowers
200
What are flowers?
specialized structures developed for sexual reproduction
200

Double Points - Why do carnivorous plants consume insects and small animals?

Because the soil they grow in typically has poor nutrient quality

300
What is spongy mesophyll?
a region of loosely packed cells containing chloroplasts, in the middle of a leaf; a type of ground cell
300

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300
What does the stem provide a way for?
a way to transport materials
300
How does pollination in a flower occur?
with the help of wind or animals
300
Where is the vascular tissue found?
within every root, shoot and leaf of the plant
400
What is stomate?
an opening in the surface of a leaf that allows the exchange of gases
400

The Phloem is responsible for _____ transport and storage?

Sugar

400

What tissue does the stem contain significant amounts of?

vascular tissue

400
What does a male reproductive structure produce?
pollen grains
400
What is the Dermal tissue?
Covers the entire outer surface of the plant but does not occur within the plant
500

A growth response to some stimulus is known as what?

Tropism

500
most of the water and minerals obtained by the plant are absorbed by ______?
root hairs
500
What do plant stems provide us with?
sugar cane, potatoes, wood and paper products, cork, linen and a variety of medicines
500

What does a female reproductive structure produce?

ovules

500
What is the ground tissue?
accounts for all other internal tissues in the root, stem and leaves.