Plants for Food and Fiber Flashcards
What is the purpose of roots?
- Anchor and support the plant
- Absorb water and minerals from the soil
- Store food to help plants survive during times of scarcity
What’s a tap root?
A taproot is a large root from which other small roots sprout off.
What’s a fibrous root?
It is usually formed by thin, branching roots growing from the stem.
What’s a Rhizome?
a rhizome is a horizontal, usually underground stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
What is Photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food. …
Photosynthesis starts when chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight.
What is Germination?
Germination is the process by which a plant grows from a seed.
What’s a stem’s purpose?
- Transport water and nutrients between the leaves and roots
- Support the leaves and ensure that they receive adequate light
- Food storage
What is a runner?
stemlike growths extending from a mother plant’s growing point.
What does G.M.O stand for?
Genetically modified organism
What is a G.M.O?
A genetically modified organism is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
What is Transpiration?
the process by which plants give off water vapor through openings in their leaves.
What is self-pollination?
the transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower or sometimes to that of a genetically identical flower ( plant fertilizes its own egg)
What is cross-pollination?
Cross-pollination happens when bees, hummingbirds, or butterflies travel with pollen from one plant to the next. (When pollen lands on the stigma of another flower)
What is plant sexual reproduction?
the production of seeds and fruits from specialized cells of two different plants.
What is plant asexual reproduction?
when a ‘parent’ plant grows new plants from its roots, stems, or leaves. This only involves one plant.
