Chapter 2 Lesson3 Flashcards
A thin covering made up of cells that protect the rot tip of the plant as it grows into the soil.
root cap
Any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorb water and dissolved minearals from the soil.
root hair
An outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves.
epidermis
The layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant’s roots and stems.
cortex
The tissue through witch water and minarals move up though a plant
xylem
The tissue though witch food from the leaves moves down though the rest of the plant.
phloem
The layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem.
cambium
The loss of water though a plant’s leaves.
transpiration
The food making prossess in green plants that uses sun light.
photosynthesis
The release of energy in plants and animals from food.
respiration
What i living thing does as a result of a stimulis
response
Somthing it the inviroment causeing something to move
stimulus
A resonce of a plant from a stimulus near by
tropism
A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.
adaptation