Stems 1
Roots 1
Stems 2
Roots 2
Stems 3
100

Plants with hard stems 

What are woody plants?

100

The Four main Jobs of Roots 

What are Anchoring the plant, absorbing water and nutrients, and storing extra food? 

100

A new stem that grows from the seed or off of the main stem

What is a shoot? 

100

Wet areas 

Where are you most likely to find prop roots 

100

The tubes that take the food from the leaves to the rest of the plant 

What are phloem? 

200

Plants with bendable stems 

What are herbaceous plants? 

200

A root system where the roots spread out in many different directions 

What is a fibrous root system? 

200

a bud that is at the end of the stem

What is a terminal bud? 

200

Roots that grow in the air instead of the ground 

What are aerial roots?

200

the tubes in a stem that take water and minerals up the plant 

What are xylem? 

300

Special stems that store food 

What are bulbs or tubers? 

300
A root system where there is one large central root with many smaller side roots 

What is a taproot? 

300

Buds along the side of the stem

What is a later bud? 

(or: What is a axillary bud?) 

300

Roots that grow in unusual places or unusual ways  

What are adventitious roots? 

300

The outer layer of the stem on young plants

What is the epidermis? 

400

special stems that protect the plant from animals 

(can also be worded: stems with a method of protection) 

What are thorns?

400
Dry areas 

Where you are most likely to find taproots? 

400

The point where a leaf grows on a stem 

What is a node? 

400

Small shoots that come out from parasitic roots and steal nutrients from other plants 

What are Haustoria? 

400

The very top layer of the epidermis 

What is the cuticle? 

500

Stems that grab onto trellises, fences, buildings, and anything else around 

What are tendrils 

500

The protective bit at the end of a root

What is a root cap?

500

The area of the stem between two nodes 

What is an internode? 

500

Roots that grow out or up from the sides of a plant

What are pneumatophores? 

500

special cells inside the epidermis 

What are cambium cells?