Structure and Transport in Flowering Plants

Question 1

name the main parts of a flowering plant and where they are found.

Answer 1

Root system (bottom of plant in the ground), Root (in root system), Shoot (top of plant above ground), Stem (thin structure that others grow out of) Leaf (grows out of stalk), Flower (grows out of stalk).

Question 2

what is the function of a flower?

Answer 2

reproduction

Question 3

what does a flower contain?

Answer 3

It contains male and female sex organs

Question 4

what does a flower make?

Answer 4

seeds

Question 5

what is a flower?

Answer 5

a structure in which plant sexual reproduction occurs

Question 6

what is a flowering plant?

Answer 6

the most advanced type of plants with specific type of structure containing flowers (roots, stems, leaves and flowers)

Question 7

what is the function of the leaf?

Answer 7

Makes food for the plant (photosynthesis)
•Cools the plant when water vapour passes through it
•Allows the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen
•Leaf stores food (e.g. lettuce, cabbage, cress, spinach)

Question 8

what is a leaf?

Answer 8

An organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Question 9

What is fruit?

Answer 9

A reproductive body of a seed plant

Question 10

what is the function of fruit?

Answer 10

Protects seeds

•Provides food for seeds

Question 11

what is the function of the bud?

Answer 11

Allows new leaves and flowers to grow

Question 12

what is a bud?

Answer 12

A swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

Question 13

what is a stem

Answer 13

a long slender structure that supports a plant

Question 14

what is the function of a stem

Answer 14

The stem allows the transport of food, water and minerals around the plant
•It also supports the plant and holds it upright
•Stems store food (e.g. potato)

Question 15

what are roots

Answer 15

the part of the plant located underground that anchors and supports it

Question 16

what is the function of roots

Answer 16

Anchor and support
•Take in water and nutrients
•Store food (e.g. carrots and turnips)

Question 17

what transports stuff around a plant

Answer 17

vessels - the xylem and the phloem

Question 18

what is transpiration

Answer 18

Transpiration is the loss of water vapour from the stomata of the leaves.

Question 19

what are stomata

Answer 19

The stomata are little holes on the underside of the leaves.

Question 20

what is the transpiration stream?

Answer 20

The flow of water from the roots, up through the plant, and out the leaves is called the transpiration stream.

Question 21

name the vessels in a plant

Answer 21

the xylem and the phloem.

Question 22

how does water travel through a plant?

Answer 22

Water is absorbed up through the roots, and travels to the leaves and the tips of the plant through the xylem.

Question 23

what is the function of the phloem

Answer 23

Food from the leaves travels to other parts of the plant in the phloem.

Question 24

what is the function of the xylem

Answer 24

Minerals from the soil are dissolved in the water, and both travel to other parts of the plant in the xylem