Plant Cell Organisation

Question 1

Name the plant organs

Answer 1

Stems
Roots
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits

Question 2

Epidermal Tissue

Answer 2

Covers the whole plant

Question 3

Palisade mesophyll tissue

Answer 3

Part of the plant with the most photosynthesis as it has the most choloroplasts. Near the top of the leaves to absorb the most sunlights

Question 4

Spongy Mesophyll tissue

Answer 4

Contains large air spaces so gasses can diffues in and out

Question 5

Xylem and Phloem

Answer 5

Transport minerals, water and food around the plant

Question 6

Meristem tissue

Answer 6

Found in growing roots and shoots and is able to differentiate into different types of plant cells

Question 7

Waxy cuticle

Answer 7

Waxy layer on the plant that prevents water loss

Question 8

Phloem

Answer 8

Columns of elongated cells with small pores to allow cells sap to flow through
Transport dissolved sugars made in the leaves from photosynthesis around the plants
Transports in both directions in translocation

Question 9

Xylem

Answer 9

Dead cells with no end walls carry water and minerals ions
Strengthened by lignin
Carries water and minerals from the roots to the leaves in transpiration

Question 10

Transpiration in plants

Answer 10

Caused by evaporation and diffusion in leaves