Plant Structures

Thick, strong roots that grow deep in the soil

• taproots

• fibrous roots

• stem

• leaf

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

A gas that plants get from the air

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• stem

• photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The part of a plant that makes food using air, light and water

• stem

• roots

• leaf

• taproots

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The part of the plant that holds it up and has tubes that carry water, minerals, and nutrients through the plant

• leaf

• root

• plant

• stem

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

Plants that have a system of tubes that carry water and nutrients through the plant

• stem

• roots

• vascular plants

• chlorophyll

The simplest types of plants that grow on land. They don't have stems or leaves.

• nonvascular plants

• taproots

• stem

• leaf

Thin, branching roots that grow close to the surface

• roots

• fibrous roots

• leaf

• stem

A green pigment in plants that allows plant cells to make food using sunlight

• leaf

• roots

• chlorophyll

• stem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A plant part that is usually underground and absorbs water and minerals from the soil

• root

• stem

• leaf

• chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The process in which plants use energy from the sun to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• chlorophyll

• photosynthesis

• stem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3