food storage organs in plants Flashcards
What do some dicots produce (roots)?
Some dicots produce a large, V-shaped root that penetrates deep down into the soil.
What do tap roots that are V-shaped and penetrate deep down in the soil do?
This tap root serves to anchor the plant and to absorb water deeper in the soil.
Give examples of plants with tap roots that swell with stored food (3)
In plants such as carrots, turnips and sugar beet, the tap root becomes swollen and fleshy with stored food.
What happens to the roots of carrots, turnips and sugar beet?
In plants such as carrots, turnips and sugar beet, the tap root becomes swollen and fleshy with stored food.
The stored food (swollen root) in plants is used for what in the following year?
The stored food is used in the following year to produce flowers, seeds and fruits
What do potato plants produce underground?
Potato plants produce an underground stem system
Potato plants produce an underground stem system. What happens to the tips of some of these stems?
The tips of some of these underground stems become swollen with stored starch.
What are the swollen tips of a potato plant called?
These swollen tips are called stem tubers.
What modified part of a potato plant is the veg (potato)?
The standard edible potato is a modified stem or stem tuber.
Name some plants that produce bulbs (4)
Plants such as onions, garlic, daffodils and tulips produce bulbs.
what does a bulb contain underground? What is attached to this?
A bulb contains an underground stem that is reduced in size. Swollen fleshy leaves, which are modified to store food, are attached to this stem.
what are the fleshy leaves that are attached to the underground stem of a bulb, surrounding?
The fleshy leaves surround a central apical bud
What is the entire bulb protected by?
The entire bulb is protected by old, dry, scaly leaves on the outside.
What modified plant types are celery and rhubarb in order to store food?
Note that celery and rhubarb are leaf petioles that are modified to store food.
