Chapter 2 Lesson 3

Question 1

Threadlike parts of cells on the surface of a root.

Answer 1

root hair

Question 2

A layer just inside the epidermis of roots and stems. It stores the food.

Answer 2

cortex

Question 3

Tissue through which food from the leaves move down through a plant.

Answer 3

phloem

Question 4

When water evaporates from the leaves, more water moves up through the plant to replace the lost water.

Answer 4

transpiration

Question 5

A thin covering made up of cells. It protects the tip as it grows into the soil.

Answer 5

root cap

Question 6

The outermost layer of a root, stem, or leaf.

Answer 6

epidermis

Question 7

Tissue through which water and minerals flow up through the plant.

Answer 7

xylem

Question 8

A layer that separates the xylem from the phloem. The cambium is where new xylem and phloem are produced.

Answer 8

cambium

Question 9

Hydrogen and carbon dioxide join in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll to form sugars and oxygen.

Answer 9

photosynthesis

Question 10

What a living thing does as a result of a stimulus.

Answer 10

responce

Question 11

A response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

Answer 11

tropism

Question 12

Which occurs in plants and animals, sugars and oxygen join to produce water, carbon dioxide and energy.

Answer 12

respiration

Question 13

Something in the environment the causes a living thing to react.

Answer 13

stimulius

Question 14

A characteristic that enabled a living thing to survive in it’s environment.

Answer 14

adaptation