Parts of a Root lsn.3

Question 1

Tissue through which water and minerals flow up through a plant.

Answer 1

Xylem

Question 2

A layer just inside the epidermis of roots and stems. It stores food.

Answer 2

Cortex

Question 3

The outermost layer of a root.

Answer 3

Epidermis

Question 4

A thin covering made up of cells. It protects the root tip as it grows into the soil.

Answer 4

Root Cap

Question 5

Threadlike parts of a cell on the surface of a root.

Answer 5

Root Hairs

Question 6

A layer that separates the xylem from the phloem. The cambium is where new xylem and phloem are produced.

Answer 6

Canbium

Question 7

Tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through a plant.

Answer 7

Phloem

Question 8

The food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

Answer 8

Photosynthesis

Question 9

The release of energy in plants and animals from food (sugar).

Answer 9

respiration

Question 10

What a living thing does as a result of a stimulus.

Answer 10

response

Question 11

Something in the environment that causes a living thing to react.

Answer 11

stimulus

Question 12

A response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

Answer 12

tropism

Question 13

A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.

Answer 13

adaptation

Question 13

Darker hath

Answer 13

Gravitropism

Question 14

Looking at water

Answer 14

Hydrotropism

Question 15

Light

Answer 15

Phototropism