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Roots Lesson 7
Exploring Creation with Botany - Fulbrihgt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roots | a network of tubes, usually growing underground, that branches out in every which way |
| erosion | rain and wind whisk away soil, changing the landscape |
| root hairs | tiny hairs that conver the surface of roots, they do most of the work absorbing water and nutrients for the plant |
| transplant shock | if in transplantation the plant looks like it is going to die before it revives itself |
| geotropism | the roots always grow toward the earth, geo=earth and trop=turning |
| auxins | a chemical that affect how the roots grow |
| taproot system | made up of one thick main root growing down form the plants stem, having a number of smaller seconday roots branching off, but it is deeper than it is wide |
| fibrous root system | it made up of a series of roots growing in many direction, there is no main root , it is usually wider thatn it is deep |
| bulbs | are not the roots but a special group of leaves and short stems, underground storage house |
| geophytes | geo=earth and phyte=plant |
| underground storage systems in plants | corms, tubers, rhizomes (a crocus, potato, an onion) |
| rooting | to take a healthy stem or root from a plant and put it in soil or water and new roots begin to grow |
| clones | plants grown by rooting |
| DNA | every living thing has;it contains all of the information that is needed for growing and surviving |
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