Flowering plants

Question 1

What are xylem vessels for?

Answer 1

transporting water and minerals through the plant

Question 2

What are phloem tubes for?

Answer 2

transporting dissolved food (aka glucose)

Question 3

What is a shoot?

Answer 3

the part of the plant above the ground (flowering plant = shoots + roots)

Question 4

What is the shoot made of?

Answer 4

• stem -> structural support, bears leave etc.
• apical bud -> places where the stem grows leaves
• flowers -> held in position by the stem to enable pollination

Question 5

What are dicotyledons?

Answer 5

plants with broad leaves with a network of branching veins (two cotylenods aka seed leaves)

Question 6

What are monocotyledons?

Answer 6

plants with parallel veins (e.g. grasses)