CSHS Bio Unit 13-Plants

Vascular Tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals  from the roots of a plant to its leaves

• Xylem
• Phloem
• Stem
• Stomata

System of tubelike structures inside a plant through which minerals, water and food move

• Xylem
• Phloem
• Stem
• Vascular tissue

A growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus

• Nastism
• Tropism
• Photosynthesis
• Transpiration

Small openings in the underside of a leave through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can enter and leave the plant

• Cuticle
• Stomata
• Phloem
• Xylem

Diploid, or spore-producing, phase of an organism

• Sporophyte
• Bryophyte
• Angiophyte
• Gametophyte

Portion of a plant that grows mostly upward and above ground

• Root
• Shoot
• Cuticle
• Stomata

An adapltation of some plants consisting of an embryo packaged along with a store of food within a protective coat

• Cone
• Fruit
• Spore
• Seed

An organ in vascular plants that anchors the plant and enables it to absorb water and minerals from the soil.

• Seed
• Shoot
• Root
• Frond

The process in which organisms use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars

• Respiration
• Evaporation
• Photosynthesis
• Digestion

Vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant

• Phloem
• Xylem
• Shoot
• Root