1-3 roots, stems, and leaves

Question 1

a thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows into the soil

Answer 1

root cap

Question 2

any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorb water and dissolved minerals from the soil

Answer 2

root hair

Question 3

an outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves

Answer 3

epidermis

Question 4

the layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant’s roots and stems

Answer 4

cortex

Question 5

the tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant

Answer 5

xylem

Question 6

the tissue through which food from the leaves moves down from the rest of the plant

Answer 6

phloem

Question 7

the in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem

Answer 7

cambium

Question 8

the loss of water through a plant’s leaves

Answer 8

transpiration

Question 9

the food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight

Answer 9

photosynthesis

Question 10

the release of energy in plants and animals from food

Answer 10

respiration

Question 11

what a living things does as a result of a stimulus

Answer 11

response

Question 12

something in the environment that causes a living thing to react

Answer 12

stimulus

Question 13

the response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus

Answer 13

tropism

Question 14

a characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment

Answer 14

adaptation