Plants

Question 1

Xylem

Answer 1

Water is absorbed through the roots and travels to the leaves and tips of the plant through the xylem

Question 2

Phloem

Answer 2

Food from the leaves travels to other parts of the plant in the phloem

Question 3

Transpiration

Answer 3

The loss of water vapour from the stomata of the leaves

Question 4

Stomata

Answer 4

Little holes on the underside of the leaves

Question 5

Transpiration system

Answer 5

The flow of water from the roots, up through the plant, and out the leaves is called the transpiration system

Question 6

Flower reproduction

Answer 6

Flower is the sexual reproduction organ of the plant

Question 7

Pollen

Answer 7

Male sex cells

Question 8

Egg

Answer 8

Female sex cell

Question 9

Sepal

Answer 9

Protects the flower before it blooms

Question 10

Petals

Answer 10

Coloured and scented to attract insects

Question 11

Male parts

Answer 11

Stamen made up of filament and anther

Question 12

Filament

Answer 12

Holds up anther

Question 13

Anther

Answer 13

Makes pollen

Question 14

Female parts

Answer 14

Carpel made up of the stigma, style and ovary

Question 15

Ovary

Answer 15

Makes the egg or ovule

Question 16

Stigma

Answer 16

Pollen lands and sticks to it

Question 17

Style

Answer 17

Makes a rube for the pollen (male gamete) to travel down to the egg (female gamete)

Question 18

5 stages

Answer 18

1.Pollination, 2.fertilisation, 3.seed and fruit formation, 4.seed dispersal and 5.Germination

Question 19

Pollination

Answer 19

The transfer of the pollen from the stamen (anther) of one plant to the carpel (stigma) of another

Question 20

Fertilisation

Answer 20

The fusion of the male gamete nucleus with the female gamete nucleus to form a zygote

Question 21

Chlorophyll

Answer 21

Found in chloroplasts in plant cells. Makes green plants

Question 22

Photosynthesis

Answer 22

Production of energy from the sun used by green plants

Question 23

What part of a plant has most chlorophyll?

Answer 23

The leaves and the green parts of plants

Question 24

Transpiration

Answer 24

Water sucking up through the plants

Question 25

Word equation for photosynthesis

Answer 25

Carbon dioxide+water chlorophyll/sunlight = oxygen + glucose

Question 26

Plants lose their leaves in winter

Answer 26

Less sunlight and cooler temperatures

Question 27

How are leaves designed for photosynthesis

Answer 27

They are flat and thin

Question 28

Stomata

Answer 28

Little holes on underside of leaves for gas exchange

Question 29

Where do plants get carbon dioxide

Answer 29

Respiration, atmosphere

Question 30

Where do plants get water from

Answer 30

Absorbed through the soil when it’s wet