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Function of roots

A

Absorbs water + minerals

Stores food e.g: carrots

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Stem

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Holds up leaves + flowers
Transports water and mineral from the roots to the leaves
Stores food e.g: patatoes

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Leaves

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Makes food
Allows carbon dioxide in
Allows oxygen to pass out into air

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Flowers

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Produce seeds so plants can reproduce

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Bud

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Growth point

New leaves or flowers will grow from a bud

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Transpiration

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Is the loss of water from a plant

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Where does transpiration occur

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Stomata

- allows water vapour to evaporate from the leaves into the air

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Transpiration stream

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Flow of water from the roots to the leave of the plant

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Functions of transpiration

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Brings water to the leaves for photosynthesis

Brings materials to the leaves

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Mineral transportation

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Minerals are dissolved in water in the soil

They are absorbed by root in the water and pass around the plant in the water

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Nitrogen

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Makes healthy leaves

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12
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Phosphorus

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Causes healthy roots

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13
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Who is water carry water + minerals around plant

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Xylem

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14
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How is food carried around plant

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Phloem

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Photosynthesis

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The way in which green plants make their own food

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16
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Factors of photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide
Water
Light chlorophyll

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Carbon dioxide (photosynthesis)

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Passes from air into leaf through the stomata

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Water (photosynthesis)

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From soil passes through roots + moves up through the plant in the xylem

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Light (photosynthesis)

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From sun is absorbed by leaves

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Chlorophyll (photosynthesis)

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Green pigment found in leaves

21
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Products of photosynthesis

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Glucose

Oxygen

22
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Glucose (photosynthesis)

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  • food made by plant

- stored as starch

23
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Oxygen (photosynthesis)

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Used for:

  • respiration
  • release out into air
24
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Word equation for photosynthesis

A

Carbon dioxide. Sunlight Glucose
+. –>. +
Water. Chlorophyll Oxygen

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Tropism

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Growth of a plant in respond to a stimulus

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Phototropism

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Growth in a plant due to light (plants grow towards light)

27
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Geotropism

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Growth of a plant in response to gravity (roots grow down into soil)

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