Bot.6 Roots vocab

When the first root becomes the largest root

• taproot

• fibrous root system

• adventitious root

• root cap

Numerous small roots develop and branch

• taproot

• fibrous root system

• adventitious root

• root cap

Specialized roots that grow from uncommon places such as stems and leaves

• taproot

• fibrous root system

• adventitious root

• root cap

protective covering over the root tip which covers the apical meristem

• taproot

• fibrous root system

• adventitious root

• root cap

extensions of epidermal cells that increase the surface area of the root and the plants ability to absorb water and minerals from the soil.

• Root hair

• Cortex

• Endodermis

• Pericycle

located just inside the epidermis and is the largest region of the primary root made of loosely packed parenchyma cells

• Root hair

• Cortex

• Endodermis

• Pericycle

The innermost boundary of the cortex

• Root hair

• Cortex

• Endodermis

• Pericycle

the outermost layer or layers of the central vascular tissue

• Root hair

• Cortex

• Endodermis

• Pericycle

minerals that plants use in large amounts

• Micronutrients

• Macronutrients

• Endodermis

• Pericycle

minerals that plants use in small amounts

• Micronutrients

• Macronutrients

• Endodermis

• Pericycle