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Question 1

A thin covering make 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 plants as roots and leaves.

Answer 3

epidermis

Question 4

A layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of a plant’s roots and stems. It stores food. (hint- Core rhymes with store.)

Answer 4

cortex

Question 5

the tissue through which water and minerals move up through a plant. (hint- it rhymes with sky and it moves up to the sky)

Answer 5

xylem

Question 6

The tissue through which food from leaves moves down through the rest of a plant. (hint- phlo down the river)

Answer 6

phloem

Question 7

A layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem.

Answer 7

cambium

Question 8

The loss of water through a plant’s leaves.

Answer 8

transpiration

Question 9

The food-making process in green plants that uses 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 as a result of a stimulus.

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