Organs

Question 1

List some plant organs (6)

Answer 1

Plant organs include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruit

Question 2

List some animal organs (6)

Answer 2

Animal organs include the stomach, brain, lungs, liver, kidney and heart

Question 3

Name an example of a plant organ and name the types of plant tissue in it.

Answer 3

A leaf contains three types of plant tissue.

1. Dermal tissue is found in the epidermis.
2. Vascular tissue is found as xylem and phloem in the vascular bundle(s).
3. Ground tissue is found as the palisade and mesophyll cells.

Question 4

When all three tissues combine in a leaf, what does this allow?

Answer 4

All of these tissues combine so that the leaf can carry out the function of photosynthesis.

Question 5

Name an example of an animal organ and name the types of animal tissue in it.

Answer 5

The heart is an organ designed to pump blood. It contains all four types of animal tissue.

1. The walls of the heart are made of cardiac muscle (muscular tissue).
2. The heart is enclosed in a membrane called the pericardium (epithelial tissue).
3. Blood and numerous blood tissues are present (connective tissue).
4. The heart is controlled by nervous tissue (the pacemaker).

Question 6

Define organ

Answer 6

An organ is a structure composed of a number of tissues that work together to carry out one or more functions