Plant Organ Systems Flashcards
1
Q
How are plant cells organised?
A
Into Tissues and Organs
2
Q
What is the epidermal tissue?
A
The tissue that covers the whole plant
3
Q
What is the Palisade Mesophyll Tissue?
A
The part of the leaf where most of the photosynthesis happens?
4
Q
What is Spongy Mesophyll tissue?
A
Part of the leaf that contains big air spaces to allow gases to diffuse.
5
Q
What do Xylem and Phloem do?
A
transport things like water, mineral ions and food around the plant
6
Q
What is Meristem tissue?
A
This is found at the growing tips of shoots and roots. this is like the stem cell for plants allowing it to grow into different types of cell
7
Q
What tissues do leaves contain?
A
Epidermal, mesophyll, xylem, and phloem
