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19 Cards in this Set
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Root Cap |
A thin covering made up of cells. It protects the root tip as it grows into the soil. |
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Root Hairs |
threadlike parts of cells on the surface of a root. |
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Cortex |
a layer just inside the epidermis of roots and stems. It stores food. |
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Xylem |
Tissue through which water and minerals flow up through the plant. |
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Phloem |
Tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through a plant |
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Cambium |
a layer that separates the xylem from the phloem. The cambium is where new xylem and phloem are produced. |
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Taproots |
One large root with a few hairy branching roots; they tend to grow deep into the ground and reach water deep down. |
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Fibrous roots |
made up of thin hairy branching roots; they spread out near the soil’s surface and collect water- they can make huge networks |
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Aerial roots |
roots that never touch the ground; they take in moisture from the air. |
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Prop Roots |
roots that grow like fingers out of the bottom of the stem; these roots help prop up the plant |
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Stomata |
Tiny pores in the bottom of the leaf that lets air in and lets water evaporate out. |
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Cuticle |
a waxy coating on the cells of the epidermis that helps keep water from leaving the leaf |
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Blade |
the main part of the leaf |
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Petiole |
connects a leaf to a branch |
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Epidermis |
the outermost layer of a leaf |
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Veins |
The leaf’ veins carry water and minerals to the leaf and carry the food the leaf makes away from the leaf |
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Transpiration |
The loss of water through the plant’s leaves. When water evaporates from the leaves, more water moves up through the plant to replace the lost water. |
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Photosynthesis |
The food making process in green plants that uses sunlight |
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Respiration |
The release in energy from plants and animals from food (sugar) |
