Plants

Question 1

The root anchors

Answer 1

The plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil, and stores food made in the leaves

Question 2

The stem

Answer 2

Supports the leaves and flowers and allows for the transport of materials up and down the plant

Question 3

The leaf

Answer 3

Makes food, loses water vapour, and exchanges the gases carbon dioxide and oxygen with the air

Question 4

The flower is for

Answer 4

Reproduction, it forms the seeds

Question 5

Plants are identified

Answer 5

By their flowers and leaves

Question 6

The shoot consists

Answer 6

Of the stem leaves buds and flowers

Question 7

Photosynthesis

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Is the process by which green plants make food

Question 8

Chlorophyll

Answer 8

Is the green chemical needed for photosynthesis

Question 9

Chloroplasts

Answer 9

Chlorophyll is found in the chloroplasts of plant cells

Question 10

Chlorophyll traps lights energy

Answer 10

And uses it to combine carbon dioxide and water, to form glucose and oxygen

Question 11

Phloem

Answer 11

Glucose travels around the plant in special cells called phloem

Question 12

Stomata

Answer 12

(Leaves are specially designed for photosynthesis. They are flat and thin, have air spaces between the cells and) tiny pores on their surface called stomata

Question 13

The word equation for photosynthesis is

Answer 13

Carbon dioxide + Water light—>Chlorophyll Glucose + Water

Question 14

Water is absorbed

Answer 14

through the roots of a plant

Question 15

Xylem vessels

Answer 15

Water and minerals move up through the plant in the xylem vessels

Question 16

Transpiration is

Answer 16

The loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant

Question 17

Transpiration stream

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The flow of water through a plant is called the transpiration stream

Question 18

Transpiration provides

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Water for photosynthesis, carries minerals in the water, and cools the plant

Question 19

A tropism

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Is the growth of a plant in response to a stimulus

Question 20

Phototropism

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Is a plants growth response to light.Plant stems grow towards the light, allowing their leaves to get light

Question 21

Geotropism

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Is a plants growth response to gravity

Question 22

Plants reproduce sexually

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By means of flowers

Question 23

Petals

Answer 23

Are coloured and scented to attract insects

Question 24

The Sepal

Answer 24

Protects the flower before it blooms

Question 25

The male part / stamen

Answer 25

Consists of the anther and filament

Question 26

The female part / carpel

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Consists of the stigma, style and ovary.

Question 27

Pollen

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Is made in the anther of the stamen

Question 28

The egg

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Is made in the ovary of the carpel

Question 29

Reproduction involves 5 stages

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1 pollination, 2 Fertilisation, 3 Seed and fruit formation, 4 Seed dispersal 5 Germination