lesson 3 roots stems and leaves

Question 1

the tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant

Answer 1

xylem

Question 2

the layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plants roots and stems.

Answer 2

cortex

Question 3

An outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and stems

Answer 3

epidermis

Question 4

at thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows in the soil.

Answer 4

root cap

Question 5

Any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorbs water and dissolved minerals from the soil

Answer 5

root hairs

Question 6

the tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through the rest of the 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 plants leaves.

Answer 8

transpiration

Question 9

The food making process in green plants using sunlight.

Answer 9

photosynthesis

Question 10

The release of energy in plants and animals food.

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 its environment.

Answer 14

adaptation