Plants Flashcards
The stem?
Hold up the leaves flowers etc
Carry water + minerals from to roots to the leaves
Carry food
Leaves
Make food and oxygen (photosynthesis)
Exchange of oxygen and carbon diocke ws
Flower?
Sexual reproduction
Produces seeds
Xylem?
Carry water + minerals from roots ?
Phloem
Carry fOod lade in the leaves
Transpiration
Loss of water vapour from the surface of a plant
4 factors needed for photosynthesis
1 light
1 chlorophyll
1 water
1 carbon dioxide
Equation for the photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + water ➡️ light, chlorohyll ↗️glucose + oxygen
A tropism
Growth response of a plant to a stimulus
Phototropism
Growth response of plant to light
Geotropism
Growth response of a plant to gravity
2 types of plant reproduction
Asexual ( 1 parent ,no gametes ,no fertilisation)
Sexual ( 2 parents, gametes, fertilisation)
Function of the roots
Anchors the plant + gives support
Take in water + minerals
Store food