Vascular Plants

Xylem is 

• another name for roots
• is a vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the root up to the plants.
• carries food from the leaves to the root.

phloem is 

• a vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients from the roots up to the stem and leaves.
• a vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the the roots.
• another name for leaf.

These types of plants are able to grow taller because of the added support and faster nutrient transport of xylem and phloem.

• Seedless plants
• Vascular plants
• Seeded plants
• Nonvascular plants

___________________ plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves.

• Protist
• Vascular 
• Fungi
• Non-vascular 

Vascular plants transport nutrients through tube-like structures known as ____________________ and non-vascular plants transport nutrients from _________________.

• cell to cell, xylem and phloem
• seeds, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, seeds

Vascular plants...

• Take water in through its surroundings
• takes water in through roots
• takes water in through condensation

What is the function of the phloem? 

• to move water down from the leaves 
• to move nutrients down from the leaves 
• to move spores down from the leaves 
• to move food down from the leaves 

Specific type of plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots, through the stems, to leaves

• vascular plant

• nonvascular plant

• xylem

• phloem

The plant tissue that carries food DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll
• Xylem

What two characteristics do ferns, club mosses, and horsetails share?

• Vascular tissue and do not produce seeds

• Vascular tissue and produce seeds

• Nonvascular tissue and produce seeds

• Nonvascular tissue and do not produce seeds