Chapter 13: Plant Systems

Question 1

What is xylem?

Answer 1

Plant tissue responsible for the transport of weater and mineral nutrients from the roots to the leaves

Question 2

What is phloem?

Answer 2

Plant tissue that transports sugars (sucrose) and other photosynthetic products to where they are needed

Question 3

What are the 2 systems in plants?

Answer 3

• Shoot system: All the plant parts above the ground (leaves, stem, flowers, seeds). Responsible for the transport of resources, absorbtion of oxygen and CO2, reproduction and photosynthesis.
• Root system: Below ground, responsoble for absorbing water and nutrients from the soil.

Question 4

What is root hair and what does it do?

Answer 4

A tube like growth of a root epidermal cell that increases surface area, responsible for absorbing water and nutrients

Question 5

What are sieve tude cells?

Answer 5

Long tubular plant cells that are in phloem, they join together to form sieve tubes (where augar and other solutes travel)

Question 6

What are stomata?

Answer 6

The openings in leaves that control the movement of gases in and out of the plant

Question 7

What are guard cells and their function?

Answer 7

Paris of cells that open and close the stomata to control the entry and exit of gases.

Question 8

What are 3 functions of roots?

Answer 8

• Absorb water and minerals from the soil
• Support and anchor the plant
• Main storage tissue

Question 9

What is absorbtion?

Answer 9

The movement of water and dissolved substances into a cell, organ or organism