Structures and Functions of Plants

The basic needs of plants

• air, water, sunlight, nutrients, and space

• roots, stems, leaves, water, and sunlight

• air, roots, stems, sunlight, and space

• roots, nutrients, water, stems, and sunlight

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A gas that plants need to make their own food

• water

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• nutrients

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A gas that plants need to break down the food

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• tropism

• adaptation

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The three reasons plants need water (choose three answers)

• to make transpiration

• to move nutrients through plants

• to make food

• provide support

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Part of the plant that take in water and dissolved nutrients from the soil

• stem

• roots

• leaves

• flowers

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Part of the plant that supports the plant and is also the plant's transport system

• stem

• leaves

• flowers

• cones

Two types of stems (choose two answers)

• soft

• hard

• woody

• short

Part of the plant that is the site of gas exchange and food production

• flowers

• leaves

• stem

• roots

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Most flowers have two parts (choose two answers)

• male (stamen)

• flowers

• female (pistil)

• seeds

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a physical trait or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment

• adaptation

• stomata

• stimulus

• response

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