1.03 Roots, Stems, and leaves

Question 1

a thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant as it grows into the soil

Answer 1

root cap

Question 2

any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorbs water and dissolved minerals from the soil

Answer 2

root hair

Question 3

an outermost layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves

Answer 3

epidermis

Question 4

the layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plants roots and stem

Answer 4

cortex

Question 5

the tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant

Answer 5

xylem

Question 6

the tissue through which food from the leaves move down through the rest of the plant

Answer 6

phloem

Question 7

the layer of the plants that separates the xylem from the phloem

Answer 7

cambium

Question 8

the lost of water through the leaves

Answer 8

transpiration

Question 9

the food making process in green plants that use sunlight

Answer 9

photosynthesis

Question 10

the release of energy in plants and animals from food(sugar)

Answer 10

respiration

Question 11

what a living thing does in a response

Answer 11

response

Question 12

something in the environment that causes a living thing to react

Answer 12

stimulus

Question 13

a response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus

Answer 13

tropism

Question 14

a characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment

Answer 14

adaptation