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- A root with a few branches that is very thick and swollen. Carrots are an example.
- primary taproot
- Some plants have a root system like this. It is a bunch of very fine roots all together. Grass plants have fibrous roots.
- fibrous root system
- carry water and nutrients taken up by the roots to the leaves
- stems
- cells thatmove water
- xylem cells
- cells that move food.
- phloem cells
- allow the leaves to reach the sunlight they need
- stem
- shaped so that the greatest amount of the leaf can be exposed to the sun
- broad-leaved plants
- process of food making in plants
- photosynthesis
- designed for food making
- cells of a leaf
- where photosynthesis takes place
- two middle layers of cells in a leaf
- protect the leaf and keep it from dring out
- top and bottom layer of a leaf
- allows for exchange of gases needed in food making
- bottom layer of a leaf
- allow for transport of water and manufactured food
- veins in a leaf
- reproductive part of a plant
- flower
- where seeds are produced
- inside a flower
- What part of the plant do you eat when you eat fruit?
- ovary
- What part of the plant do you eat when you eat lettace, cabbage or spinach?
- leaves
- What part of the plant do you eat when you eat celery or asparagus?
- stem
- What part of plant do you eat when you eat carrots, radishes or beets?
- roots
- What part of the plant do you eat when you eat cinnamon
- bark
- What part of the plants do you eat when you eat corn, wheat, rice or cocoa?
- seeds
- What are grains?
- seeds
- What part of the plant do you eat when you eat sprouts, peas or beans?
- seeds
- What are 2 drugs that come from tree bark?
- quinine and taxol
- What is quinine used for?
- fever from malaria
- What is taxol used for?
- cure types of cancer
- What are the four parts of a plant?
- stem, leaves, roots and flowers
- What do roots do for floating plants?
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anchor them
provide oxygen to keep them afloat - What do roots do for plants in the ground?
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anchor plant
absorb water and minerals - What does a taproot do?
- One main root that stores food
- What happens to stems of flowering plants if they are deprived of water?
- They wilt
- What is the reproductive part of a flowering plant?
- The flower