biology - chapter 4

Question 1

two body systems of the plant

Answer 1

root
shoot

Question 2

dermal tissue

Answer 2

tissues covering the outer surface of the plant

Question 3

vascular tissue

Answer 3

tissues responsible for conducting materials within a plant

Question 4

two parts of the dermal tissue system

Answer 4

epidermal
periderm

Question 5

ground tissue

Answer 5

all other plant tissues (create structure and fill the plant)

Question 6

root system function

Answer 6

anchors the plant
absorbs water and minerals
stores food

Question 7

shoot system function

Answer 7

conducts photosynthesis
reproduces sexually

Question 8

3 parts of the shoot system

Answer 8

leaf
flower
stem

Question 9

main photosynthetic structure of the plant

Answer 9

leaf

Question 10

thykaloids

Answer 10

flat disklike structure in the chloroplast that are arranged in stacks and collect solar energy

Question 11

stem functions

Answer 11

supports branches leaves flowers etc.
carries food
stores food

Question 12

meristematic cells

Answer 12

undifferentiated plant cells

Question 13

2 parts of the vascular tissue system in plants

Answer 13

xylem
phloem

Question 14

xylem function

Answer 14

transports water and dissolved mineral from the roots to leaves stem etc.

Question 15

phloem function

Answer 15

transports dissolved food materials and hormones through the plant

Question 16

tissues working together (2)

Answer 16

absorbing light
obtaining co2

Question 17

chloroplasts are mostly located in the

Answer 17

palisade layer and spongy mesophyll

Question 18

palisade layer

Answer 18

layer of tall closely packed cells containing chloroplasts just below the dermal tissue (ground tissue)

Question 19

spongy mesophyll

Answer 19

a region of loosely packed cells containing chloroplasts in the middle of the leaf (ground tissue)

Question 20

cuticle

Answer 20

waxy layer on the surfaces of a leaf that blocks water diffusion and gases

Question 21

stomate

Answer 21

opening in the surfaces of a leaf that allows gas exchange

Question 22

guard cell

Answer 22

one of a pair of special cells in the epidermis that control the opening and closing of each stomate