Basics

Question 1

Name some plant organs

Answer 1

Stem

Leaves

Roots

Question 2

Name plant tissues (6)

Answer 2

Epidermal tissue
Palisade mesophyll tissue
Spongy mesophyll tissues
Xylem
Phloem
Meristem tissue

Question 3

What is the epidermal tissue

Answer 3

Covers the whole plant

(It is the outermost protoderm - derived layer of cells covering stem leaf flower etc)

Question 4

What is the Palisade mesophyll tissue

Answer 4

This is the part of the leaf where most photosynthesis happens

Question 5

What is the spongy mesophyll

Answer 5

In the leaf and contains big air spaces to allow gases to diffuse in and out of the cells

Question 6

Xylem &phloem

Answer 6

Transport things like water mineral ions and food around plants

Question 7

What is the meristem tissue

Answer 7

This is found at the growing tips of shoots and roots and are able to differentiate into lots of different types of plant cell

Allows plant to grow

Question 8

What do leaves contain

Answer 8

Epidermal mesophyll xylem and phlom tissue