Plant Science Quiz #2

Jobs of roots

• Anchor plants in soil

• Absorb water and nutrients

• Can store food for plant

• All of the above

Two major types

• Taproot and Lateral

• Fibrous and Adventitious

• Taproot and Fibrous

• Fibrous and Lateral

Has one prominent root known as the taproot or primary root

• Adventitious

• Taproot

• Fibrous

• Lateral

Consists of an extensive mass of smaller, widely spread roots

• Taproot

• Lateral

• Fibrous

• Adventitious

Root TYPE that extends horizontally from the taproot

• Lateral

• Adventitious

• Taproot

• Fibrous

Root TYPE that forms from shoot tissues and arise in stems and leaves

• Lateral

• Adventitious

• Taproot

• Fibrous

Stem part that transports water from the roots up the plant and provides structure and support in the stem

• chloroplasts

• phloem

• xylem

• stem shoot

Stem part that transports sugars and other molecules made during photosynthesis

• chloroplasts

• phloem

• xylem

• stem shoot

Function of leaves

• the major site of food production for the plant

• structure/balance

• Food transportation

• water absorption

What is Photosynthesis

• process of absorbing nutrients in roots

• part of the reproduction process when seedling is formed

• Is the process of converting light energy to chemical energy

• process of transporting water in the stem.