vocab. Flashcards
A thin covering made up of cells that protect the root tip of a plant that grows into the soil.
root cap
Any of the threadlike projections from a plant root that absorbs water and dissolves minerals.
root hair
An outer most layer of such plant parts as roots and leaves.
epidermis
The layer of tissue just inside the epidermis of just the plant system.
cortex
The tissue through which water and minerals move up through the plant.
xylem
The tissue through which food from the leaves moves down through the rest of the plant.
phloem
The layer in plant that separates the xylem from phloem.
cambium
The loss of water through a plant’s leaves.
transpiratation
The food making process in green plants that use sunlight.
photosythesis
The release of energy in plants and animals from food.
respiration
What a living thing does as a result of a stimulus.
response
Something in the environment that cause a living thing to react.
stimulus
A response of a plant towards or away from stimulus.
tropism
A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.
adaptation
hydrotropism
A tropism that has water as its stimulus, so it tilts to water.
