Plants

Question 1

Flower

Answer 1

Purpose for reproduction, it makes seeds and it contains male and female sex organs

Question 2

Leaf

Answer 2

Makes food for the plant (photosynthesis), cools plant when water vapour passes through it, allows the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen, leaf stores food (e.g lettuce, cabbage, cress, spinach)

Question 3

Fruit

Answer 3

Protects seeds, provides food for seeds

Question 4

Bud

Answer 4

Allows new leaves and flowers to grow

Question 5

Stem

Answer 5

Allows the transport of food, water and minerals around the plant, it also supports the plant and holds it upright, stems also store food

Question 6

Roots

Answer 6

Anchor and support, take in water and nutrients as well as storing food. E.g carrots and turnips

Question 7

Transport in plants

Answer 7

There’s vessels in plants, the xylem and the phloem

Question 8

Xylem

Answer 8

Water is absorbed up through the roots, and travels to the leaves and the tips of the plant through the xylem

Question 9

Phloem

Answer 9

Food from the leaves travels to other parts of the plant in the phloem

Question 10

Transpiration

Answer 10

Is the loss of water vapour from the stomach of the leaves

Question 11

The stomata

Answer 11

Little holes on the underside of the leaves

Question 12

Transpiration stream

Answer 12

The flow of water from the roots, up through the plant, and out the leaves

Question 13

Stimulus

Answer 13

Anything that causes a response in an organism

Question 14

Plants respond to the stimuli

Answer 14

Plants respond to the stimuli of light and gravity

Question 15

Shoots tropism

Answer 15

Shoots/stems are positively phototropic, negatively geotropic

Question 16

Roots tropism

Answer 16

Roots are negatively phototropic, positively geotropic