Plant vascular system

The special pipe-llike system that allows water and food to get delivered to all parts of the plant.

• Roots and leaves

• Xylem and Phloem

• Up and down tubes

• Root delivery system

The parts of the plants above the ground--the stem or trunk, leaves, and branches--absorb the sunlight during a process called

• Absorption

• Collecting

• Photosynthesis

• Gleaning

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Underground, the root system absorbs _____ and ________ from the soil.

• Water, nutrients

• Sugar, vitamins

• Minerals, elements

• Water, organic matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

_______ and _______help the above-ground parts work with the underground parts to digest the food and liquids.

• Xylem and phloem

• Roots and leaves

• Enzymes and sugars

• Taproots and Stems

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What carries water upward through a tree or plant?

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Veins

• Arteries

Xylem flows

• Upward and downward

• Only upward

• Only downward

• Sideways through the leaves

____ is tissue where substances can flow up and down to carry the food throughout the plant.

• Xylem

• Petiole

• Stamen

• Phloem

_________ is also called sapwood.

• Phloem

• Xylem

• Bark

• Deadwood

_______ is usually just under the outside coat of bark. In plants, ____ tends to be close to the bottom of the leaves.

• Xylem

• Tissue

• Plant veins

• Phloem

_____carries the food; ______ carries water.

• Phloem, Xylem

• Xylem, Phloem