chapter 6.3 - vascular plants with seeds

Question 1

taroot

Answer 1

roots specialized that uses the roots as ground storage (eg- carrot)

Question 2

fibrous

Answer 2

prevents it from flowing away or falling over

Question 3

epidermis

Answer 3

these cells provide a protective layer and absorb water and minerals

Question 4

cortex

Answer 4

transports material through the root any may store food

Question 5

endodermis

Answer 5

contains a layer of a waterproof substance that stops further movement of water into cells

Question 6

pericycle

Answer 6

regulates the formation of lateral roots by rapidly dividing

Question 7

xylem

Answer 7

the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolve nutrients upward from the root and helps to form the woodly element in the stem

Question 8

phloem

Answer 8

the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward

Question 9

root cap

Answer 9

protects the root apical meristem from fiction of the soil particles

Question 10

root apical meristem

Answer 10

where all cells are capable of repeated division and where most root comes from

Question 11

zone of elongation

Answer 11

cells have are newly formed cells which lose the power of division, but the elongate rapidly

Question 12

zone of maturation

Answer 12

cells differentiate and mature in this zone

Question 13

pal

Answer 13

where most of the photosynthesis occurs

Question 14

spongy mesophyll cells

Answer 14

allows oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water to diffuse in/out of the leaf

Question 15

stomata

Answer 15

small openings on the bottom of a lead surrounded by two kidney-shaped guard cells that allow gas to enter and exit the leaf