Ch.2 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 thread like projections from a plat 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 through the rest of a plant.

Answer 6

phloem

Question 7

The layer 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 (sugar).

Answer 10

respiration

Question 11

What a living thing 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

A 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 moisture from the air.

Answer 14

adaption