Chapter 31

Question 0

Wood in the center of a tree trunk/ mature stem. Made of xylem that cannot conduct water.

Answer 0

Heartwood

Question 1

Dermal tissue in the nonwoody parts of a plant

Answer 1

Epidermis

Question 2

This type if tissue covers the outside of a plants body, forming the protective outer layer

Answer 2

Dermal tissue

Question 3

Ground tissue of a lead that is between the upper & lower epidermis layers. The place in the cell where photosynthesis occurs

Answer 3

Mesophyll

Question 4

A plant with stems that are flexible and usually green

Answer 4

Herbaceous plant

Question 5

The loss of water vapor from a plant

Answer 5

Transpiration

Question 6

Tissues that aren’t vascular or dermal

Makes up most of the inside of the nonwoody plant

Answer 6

Ground tissue

Question 7

ground tissue surrounding the vascular tissue in the stem

Answer 7

Cortex

Question 8

Term that refers to a part of a plant that provides organic compounds for other parts of the plant

Answer 8

Source

Question 9

The leaf makes ____ during photosynthesis

Answer 9

Starch

Question 10

Projections of epidermal cells near the tips of roots that increase the surface area of water and mineral absorption

Answer 10

Root hairs

Question 11

Ground tissue in the center of a stem or root

Answer 11

Pith

Question 12

Dermal tissue on woody stems and roots

Answer 12

Cork

Question 13

Conducting strands in xylem

Answer 13

Vessels

Question 14

a conducting strand in phloem

Answer 14

Sieve tube

Question 15

A cell mass that covers and protects a growing rot tip

Answer 15

Root cap

Question 16

Is outside he heartwood and has vessel cells that can conduct water

Answer 16

Sapwood

Question 17

A stalk that attached a leaf to a stem

Answer 17

Petiole

Question 18

_ is a part of a plant where organic compounds are delivered to

Answer 18

Sink

Question 19

The movement of organic compounds inside a plant from a source to a sink

Answer 19

Translocation

Question 20

The primary photosynthetic organs of plants

Answer 20

Leaves

Question 21

Rows of closely packed, columnar mesophyll calls just under the upper epidermis

Answer 21

Palisade layer

Question 22

The point where a lead is attached to a stem

Answer 22

Node

Question 23

Roots take in water from the soil by ___

Answer 23

Osmosis

Question 24

The reproductive structure of a plant

Answer 24

Flower

Question 25

What are the reproductive structures in a plant

Answer 25

Stamen (male)

Pistol (female)

Question 26

Take in nutrients & water

Answer 26

Roots

Question 27

The primary job is photosynthesis

Answer 27

Leaves

Question 28

Anchors the plant

Answer 28

Roots

Question 29

A large main root (carrot)

Answer 29

Tap root

Question 30

Grass (root)

Answer 30

Fibrous roots

Question 31

Proproots, Ariel roots

Answer 31

Adventurous roots

Question 32

Protects seeds

Answer 32

Fruit

Question 33

Supports the leaves

Answer 33

Stem

Question 34

types of stems

Answer 34

Herbaceous (green & flexible)

Woody (trees)