Science 2017 plant parts

Question 1

Transport

Answer 1

to move

Question 2

Phloem

Answer 2

tissue that allows food from the leaves to move down a plant

Question 3

Xylem

Answer 3

a system of tubes that moves cells that moves water and dissolved minerals up the plant

Question 4

Cortex

Answer 4

a layer just inside the epidermis of roots and stem

Question 5

Vascular system

Answer 5

a group of fibers that support conducting tissue

Question 6

Shoot system

Answer 6

The shoots are able to absorb nutrients from the plant’s different roots

Question 7

Stem

Answer 7

what the plants body is and what nutrients travel through

Question 8

Leaf

Answer 8

What leaves run down to give plants water

Question 9

Stoma

Answer 9

A tiny opening that gas can go through

Question 10

Photosynthesis

Answer 10

A process a plant does to make food

Question 11

Chloroplast

Answer 11

A material that fills up not needed space in a plant

Question 12

Chlorophyll

Answer 12

Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments

Question 13

Root

Answer 13

Part of a plant the is in the ground

Question 14

Root system

Answer 14

he root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil

Question 15

Taproot

Answer 15

a straight root growing vertically downward and forming the center

Question 16

Fibrous root

Answer 16

A fibrous root system is the opposite of a taproot system

Question 17

Adapt

Answer 17

To blend in with

Question 18

Anchor

Answer 18

Fibrous roots tend to be concentrated near the surface of the soil

Question 19

Phototropism

Answer 19

the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light

Question 20

Absorb

Answer 20

To take in