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What is the purpose of the Root Cap?
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It protects the root tip as it grows into the soil.
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What is a Fungus?
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A plant that does not make it's own food. Instead it absorbs food from decaying dead organisms.
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What is the Epidermis?
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It is the outer layer of a root.
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What Makes Animals Different From Plants?
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Animals cannot make their own food.
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What is the Phloem?
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Food flows down into the leaves through this.
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What does the Cortex do?
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It stores food.
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What is the purpose of the Cambium?
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It separates theXylem from the Phloem. It is where new Xylem and the Phloem grow.
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What are the tiniest living things?
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Bacteria
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What happens in the Xylem?
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Water and Minerals flow up through it.
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What was the original name of the vine that ate the South?
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Kudzu
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