Plants

Question 1

Flower

Answer 1

Is for reproduction

Question 2

Leaf

Answer 2

Makes food for the plant (photosynthesis)

Question 3

Fruit

Answer 3

Protects seeds and provides food for seeds

Question 4

Bud

Answer 4

Allows new leaves and flowers to grow

Question 5

Stem

Answer 5

The stem allows the transport of food, water and minerals around the plant

Question 6

Stems

Answer 6

Store food e.g potatoes

Question 7

Roots

Answer 7

Anchor and support

Take in water and nutrients
Store food e.g carrots and turnips

Question 8

Transport in plants

Answer 8

There are vessels in a plant ,the xylem and the phloem

Question 9

Xylem

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Phloem

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Transpiration

Answer 11

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

The stomata are 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 is called the transpiration stream

Question 13

Stimulus

Answer 13

Is anything that causes a response in an organism

Question 14

Plants respond to the stimuli

Answer 14

Of light and gravity

Question 15

Shoots tropism

Answer 15

Shoots/stems are positively phototropic, negatively goetropic

Question 16

Roots tropism

Answer 16

Roots are negatively phototropic, positively geotropic

Question 17

Why is geotropism good?

Answer 17

It makes sure plant roots travel down to find water and minerals in soil
Having deep roots means the plant is anchored in the soil.

Question 18

Why is phototropism good?

Answer 18

It makes sure plants get enough light for photosynthesis so that they can make food