What Are Some Plant Structures?

What are vascular plants?

• Plants that don't have roots, stems, leaves, and tubes.

• Plants that have roots, stems, leaves, and tubes.

• Plants that do not grow tall.

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What are nonvascular plants?

• Plants that do not have roots, stems, leaves, and tubes.

• Plants that have roots, stems, leaves, and tubes.

• Plants that can grow really tall.

What is the function of a plant's root?

• It makes food for the plants.

• It supports the plant and carries water and nutrients to different parts of the plants.

• It absorbs water and minerals from the soil and helps anchor the plant in the soil.

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What does the stem do?

• it makes food for the plant

• It supports the plant and carries water and nutrients to different parts of the plant.

• It anchors the plant in the ground.

Fibrous roots are thin, branching roots that grow close to the surface.

• True

• False

Stems are the only green and soft structure on a plant.

• True

• False

What is the function of a leaf?

• leaves grow out from the stem and make food in the plant.

• anchor the plant in the ground.

• it supports the plant and transports food throughout the plant.

Leaves only have one size and shape.

• True

• False

During _________________, plants use energy from the sun to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

• chlorophyll

• photosynthesis

• Spring

• carbon dioxide

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The lines in a leaf that contain tubes are called ______________.

• texture

• vascular

• roots

• veins