Plant Systems Vocab Practice

the force of water molecules against the cell wall that allows plants to stand up straight

• tropism

• force

• cytoplasm

• turgor pressure

liquid that circulates through your body carrying nutrients, oxygen, and waste products

• cytoplasm

• blood vessels

• blood

• water

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object

• force

• turgor pressure

• geotropism

• motion

a muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system

• trachea

• lungs

• heart

• tropism

plant tissue that has become less rigid and wilted because of water loss

• phloem

• flaccid

• turgid

• xylem

jelly like substance inside the cell that holds the nucleus, organelles, and other components of the cell

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• blood

• blood vessels

the change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points

• geotropism

• cytoplasm

• force

• motion

A plant's growth in response to the force exerted on it by gravity

• Diffusion

• Geotropism

• Heliotropism

• Turgor Pressure

structures that carry blood through the tissues and organs in a body

• diffusion

• nerves

• blood vessels

plant cell that has been filled with water and is rigid due to turgor pressure

• turgid

• flaccid

• geotropism

• thigmotropism