Plant Structure
What is xylem?
Carries water and nutrients from roots to leaves
the color of chlorophyll
green
Living things that make their own food are called ________
producers
What are cone-bearing plants called?
Gymnosperms
What makes plants green?
chlorophyll
What is phloem?
Carries food from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
How many steps are there in photosynthesis?
4
gymnosperm
Seeds, spores, grafting, bulbs, cutting
Plants use this to obtain energy
sugar
Give 2 examples of a bulb.
onions, tulips, lilies, daffodils, crocuses, etc.
how plants make their own food using sunlight is called ______________
photosynthesis
How many plant groups are there and what are they called?
2; gymnosperm and angiosperm
The filament and stamen make up the ______ part of the flower.
male
God created seed-bearing plants for what reason
food
Describe evergreen leaves
Always have green leaves on their branches, shaped like needles, many remain all winter.
What word means the opposite of photosynthesis?
Respiration
has xylem and phloem and has spores
ferns
The ovary is the __________ part of the flower.
female
Main difference between evergreens and deciduous
Deciduous trees lose their leaves every year and evergreen trees don't.
What part of a plant is underground?
roots
What are the 4 steps in photosynthesis?
1) Sunlight
2) water
3) carbon dioxide
4) Chlorophyll
Give 4 examples of an angiosperm
Must be 4 plants that have flowers/fruit
Name 2 ways a seed spreads to germinate.
sticky burrs, attached wings/propellars, fluffy seeds carried by the wind, seeds in fruit so they get eaten and spread that way, floating in water, explosively by the parent plant
Describe moss.
tiny, green, non-flowering plant