Roots
A system of branching roots.
What is fibrous roots.
It is inside the flower that these are produced.
What are the seeds.
The process of evaporation off the leaves of a plant
What is transpiration?
One main root that stores food.
What is a taproot.
The transport system of a leaf through the xylem and phloem.
What are the veins.
The process of using light, carbon dioxide (a gas), and water to produce glucose (the plant's food).
What is photosynthesis.
Roots anchor the plant and absorb these two things.
What are water and minerals.
To transport water and nutrients for plants
The part of a leaf that keeps the water from evaporating.
What is the cuticle
The part of the leaf that photosynthesis occurs
What is the epidermis?
What is the role of roots
Absorb water and nutrients
This part of a tree is actually a woody plant stem.
What is the trunk.
Plants such as pine, spruce, and fir trees have needle leaves for this reason.
What is to reduce water loss.
It works much like a solar panel, absorbing light energy.
What is chlorophyll.
Tubes that carry nutrients from the leaves through the stem and down to the root.
What are phloem cells.
These two parts of a stems (which form the transport system of the plant) have the same name as two kinds of cells in a plant root.
What are phloem and xylem.
Leaves contain many layers of these.
What are layers of cells.
Chlorophyll uses the Sun's light energy to change these two substances into food [glucose].
What are carbon dioxide and water.