Question | Answer |
What is the tissue that supports plants and carries water and food? | vascular tissue |
What is the vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients from roots to every part of a plant? | xylem |
What is the vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to all plant cells? | phloem |
What is the process in which plants make food by using water from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sunlight? | photosynthesis |
How do nutrients move through non vascualr plants? | From cell to cell |
True or False: Vascular plants are much smaller than nonvascular plants. | False |
What is the function of a root of a plant? | To absorb water and nutrients from the soil and anchor the plant to the ground. |
What three things do plants need to make sugar during photosynthesis? | sunlight, carbon dioxide, water |
What is one large, strong root that pushes deep into the soil? | taproot |
What are thin and branching roots that form a mat below the surface of the ground? | fibrous |
Where in the plant does photosynthesis take place? | leaf |
What is the part of the plant that protects the leaf from damage? | epidermis |
What is the part of the plant that opens and closes, letting carbon dioxide in and oxygen out? | stomata |
What is a single reproductive cell that can grow into a new plant? | spore |
What is a plant that produces naked seeds? | gymnosperm |
What is a flowering plant that has seeds protected by fruits? | angiosperm |
What is the word for "to sprout"? | germinate |
For pollination to occur, what must happen to the pollen grains? | They must get to the stigma of the flower |
On which part of the flower does pollen collect? | stigma |
Which part of the flower develops into a fruit? | ovary |