Roots Flashcards
1
Q
Root jobs
A
-Anchoring and supporting the tree
-Storage
-Absorption and conduction
2
Q
Prop roots
A
Buttress roots and stilt roots act as support for shallow rooted trees
3
Q
Buttress roots
A
-roots that grow above soil that look like fins
4
Q
Absorpsion and conduction
A
-Water enters the root hairs by osmosis.
5
Q
Storage
A
-Roots store nutrients and water in the phloem
6
Q
Gravitropism
A
-Positive gravitropism is how roots will grow down
-Negative gravitropism is how the above ground plant will grow towards the sun against gravity
7
Q
Statoliths
A
-They respond to gravitational pull as they vall to the bases of the root cells
8
Q
Phototropism
A
-The plant will move into the direction of the light
9
Q
Hydrotropism
A
- The plant roots will natrualy grow towards moisture
