Plants Flashcards
The root anchors
The plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil, and stores food made in the leaves
The stem
Supports the leaves and flowers and allows for the transport of materials up and down the plant
The leaf
Makes food, loses water vapour, and exchanges the gases carbon dioxide and oxygen with the air
The flower is for
Reproduction, it forms the seeds
Plants are identified
By their flowers and leaves
The shoot consists
Of the stem leaves buds and flowers
Photosynthesis
Is the process by which green plants make food
Chlorophyll
Is the green chemical needed for photosynthesis
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll is found in the chloroplasts of plant cells
Chlorophyll traps lights energy
And uses it to combine carbon dioxide and water, to form glucose and oxygen
Phloem
Glucose travels around the plant in special cells called phloem
Stomata
(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
The word equation for photosynthesis is
Carbon dioxide + Water light—>Chlorophyll Glucose + Water
Water is absorbed
through the roots of a plant
Xylem vessels
Water and minerals move up through the plant in the xylem vessels
