Stems

Question 1

4 major plant parts

Answer 1

roots, stem, leaf, flowers

Question 2

function of stem

Answer 2

physical support, transportation of nutrients, store food reserves, site of photosynthesis

Question 3

what stems are photosynthetic

Answer 3

green

Question 4

Herbaceous

Answer 4

rely on water pressure, known as turgor.

Question 5

woody

Answer 5

Rigid, or woody, stems derive their strength from extra thick
cell walls.
The specific material which comprises the rigid cell walls is
called hemicellulose and lignin.

Question 6

bulbs

Answer 6

onion, garlic, tulip

Question 7

rhizomes

Answer 7

ginger

Question 8

corms

Answer 8

begonias

Question 9

runners

Answer 9

strawberry

Question 10

tubers

Answer 10

potato

Question 11

apical bud

Answer 11

tip of stem

Question 12

vascular bundle scar

Answer 12

circles inside of leaf scar

Question 13

lateral bud

Answer 13

bud on side of stem

Question 14

leaf scar

Answer 14

where leaf petiole was connected to branch

Question 15

node

Answer 15

where plant begins new growth

Question 16

internode

Answer 16

space between 2 nodes

Question 17

bud scale scar

Answer 17

scar after bud falls of

Question 18

xylem

Answer 18

transports swater

Question 19

phloem

Answer 19

transports sugar

Question 20

annual ring

Answer 20

rings of xylem that tell how old the plant is

Question 21

bark

Answer 21

epidermis

Question 23

pith

Answer 23

center of woody stem

Question 24

cambium