Root, Steams, and leaves

Question 1

root cap

Answer 1

A thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows into the soil.

Question 2

epidermis

Answer 2

An outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves.

Question 3

xylem

Answer 3

The tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant.

Question 4

cambium

Answer 4

The layer in plants that separates the xylem from phloem.

Question 5

root hair

Answer 5

Any of threadlike projections from a plant root that adsorbs water and dissolved minerals from the soil.

Question 6

cortex

Answer 6

The layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant’s roots and steams.

Question 7

phloem

Answer 7

The tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through the rest of a plant.

Question 8

transpiration

Answer 8

The loss of water through a plant’s leaves.

Question 9

photosynthesis

Answer 9

The food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

Question 10

response

Answer 10

What a living thing does as a result of a stimulus.

Question 11

tropism

Answer 11

A response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

Question 12

respiration

Answer 12

The release of energy in plants and animals from food. (Sugar)

Question 13

stimulus

Answer 13

Something in a environment that causes a living thing to react.

Question 14

adaptation

Answer 14

A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.