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Apologia Elem Botany
Lesson 7: Roots
Question | Answer |
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What are the three main jobs of roots? | To absorb nutrients and water from the soil, to hold the plant in place like an anchor, and to prevent erosion. |
Explain why root hairs are important. | Root hairs do most of the work of absorbing water and nutrients for the plant; without them the plant would die. |
Where do roots add to their length? | Roots grow longer from the tip, adding cells to the end of each root. |
What is the root cap? | The strongest part of the tip of the root. It's made up of a group of tough cells whose job is to push through dirt in search of moisture and nutrients. |
What are the roots always looking for? | Water and nutrients |
What is geotropism? | A root's special sense that tells it to turn and grow down into the Earth |
What is another name for geotropism? | Gravitropism, meaning turning in the direction of gravity |
Tell me about rooting a plant. | You take a healthy stem, branch, or even leaf from a plant and put it in soil or water to grow and new plant of the same kind. It is considered a clone, or copy, of the original plant because it has the same DNA. |
Three chemical elements plants need as very important nutrients. What are they? | Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium |
If a plant isn't very green, then they might not have enough of this chemical. | Nitrogen |
What does phosphorus provide a plant? | The energy they need to grow |
Why do plants need potassium? | For photosynthesis |
What are the two main kinds of root systems? | Taproot systems and fibrous root systems |
What grows out of bulbs? | Roots |
What is stored in a bulb? | It stores special leaves and a short stem |
What is each layer of a bulb? | A special kind of leaf |
Name some examples of bulbs | Onions and garlic |
Name the types of geophytes. | Bulb, rhizomes, corms, and tubers |
What is a common tuber we often eat? | Potatoes |
What is rooting a plant? | It is to take a healthy stem or branch from a plant and put it in soil or water |
What are plants grown by rooting called? | Clones |