all about stems
what carries water throughout the plant?
xylem
______ is a long thick root, it goes deep in the soil
taproots
name 2 things soil does
filters water, place for plants to grow, habitat for animals, breaks down organic materials
______ holds the plant up
stems
____ prevents erosion
roots
what carries glucose out?
phloem
the roots are storage for ________
glucose/sugar
list all the soil horizons
O, A, E, B, C, R
leaves
____ pores under the leaf, gas exchange
stomata
name the 2 types of stems
herbaceous & woody
many thin roots, spread out and away from the plant
fibrous roots
which layer is also called parent material
c horizon
___ surrounds the stomata
guard cells
the stigma, style, and ovary are all part of the ___
pistil
stems have _____ that are attachments for leaves
nodes
name the 2 tropisms that roots have
positive gravitropism, positive hydrotropism
which layer is made up of sand & silt
E horizon
the filament and the anther are part of the _____
stamen
the biggest difference between an angiosperm & a gymnosperm is _____
a seed coat
name 4 of the main contributors to soil
parent rocks, climate, landscape, vegetations, time, humans
describe a monocot (4 things)
1 cotyledon, parallel veins, fibrous roots, flowers in multiples of 3
describe a dicot (4 things)
2 cotyledons, netlike veins, taproots, flowers in multiples of 4 or 5