chapter 2 vocab

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Root Cap

Question 2

Threadlike parts of cells on the surface of a root.

Answer 2

Root Hair

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Epidermis

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Cortex

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Xylem

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Phloem

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Cambium

Question 8

The food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

Answer 8

Photosynthesis

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Respiration

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Response

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Stimulus

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Tropism

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Adaptation

Question 14

The loss of water through a plant’s leaves.

Answer 14

Transpiration