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WorksheetsPlants' organs and tissues
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Covering tissue:
transports water and nutrients.
strengthtens the plant and makes it more flexible.
to protect other layers of tissues from harm.
Growth tissues:
constantly copy themselves to make the plant grow.
enable gas exchange.
store water and nutrients for the winter time.
Crumb tissues:
are hard an tightly packed group of tissues.
store water and minerals.
enable gas exchange.
Root hair:
enable elongation of a root.
absorbs water and minerals from soil.
produces oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.
Prop roots:
enable food exchange.
grow down deep in the ground.
support the plant.
Tubers
are overground parts of a plant.
it's function is to store water for winter time and produce new plants.
are oval tissues which produce waxy cuticle.
Miseltoe:
it has storage roots which grow deep down in the ground.
it grows on other plants such as trees and attaches to it by haustorium.
it has many root hairs which absorb nutrients from soil.
Tendrils:
are very flexible and enable a plant to attach to different surfaces such as walls or fences.
are very fleshy and store minerals and nutrients.
enable a plant to catch and digest insects.
Bulbs:
are flexible and bendy. Theyattach a plant to a wall or fence.
enable a plant to catch insects.
are fleshy and store minerals to sustain winter time.
Stolons:
these are hard and spiky.
they protect a plant from transpration.
plants (for e.g. strawberries) grows them to recreate itself.
Rhizome is:
a modification of leaves.
a modification of roots.
a modification of stems.
Spines are:
modifications of roots.
modifications of stems.
modifications of leaves.
Stoma:
it opens and closes to enable gas exchange.
it is situated on a stem.
it is a part of a root.
Numerous hair roots and no visible main root - this is a description of:
a tap root system.
a fibrous root system.
an aerial roots system.
