Plants - Structure

Question 1

What are the three major structures of vascular plants?

Answer 1

roots, stem, and leaves

Question 2

What is the purpose of roots?

Answer 2

1) to absorb water and nutrients from the environment and 2) to provide physical support for the plant

Question 3

What is the purpose of leaves?

Answer 3

to photosynthesize from sunlight and perform gas exchange (like the alveoli in the human lungs)

Question 4

What is the purpose of the stem?

Answer 4

to transport water and nutrients up to leaves and bring photosynthesis products down throughout the plant

Question 5

What is the purpose of ground tissue?

Answer 5

to perform a variety of essential functions; ground tissue is the most varied of the three tissue types

Question 6

What are the three features that separate plant cells from animal cells?

Answer 6

a rigid wall to provide structure, a dominant central vacuole (fluid pouch) that takes the majority of the cell, and chloroplasts to perform photosynthesis

Question 7

What chemical does the chloroplast contain that makes photosynthesis possible?

Answer 7

Chlorophyll