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Name: ______________________________
Date: _____________________
Notes: Plant Systems Continued
Define tissue: __________________________________________________________________
What type of tissue lines the outside of the plant? _____________________________________
What is a cuticle? _______________________________________________________________
What are stomata? _____________________________________________________________
What cells regulate the size of a stoma? _____________________________________________
What does vascular tissue do? _____________________________________________________
What does xylem carry? __________________________________________________________
What does phloem carry? ________________________________________________________
What part of the plant absorbs water from the ground? ________________________________
What carries this water up through the plant? ________________________________________
What is transpiration? ___________________________________________________________
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What does it mean for an ecosystem to be arid? ______________________________________
How do plants prevent water from evaporating? ______________________________________
What organelle performs photosynthesis? ___________________________________________
What does a plant make sugar out of? ______________________________________________
Photosynthesis performs what energy conversion? ____________________________________
What carries the sugar around the plant? ____________________________________________
Where can extra energy be stored? _________________________________________________
What is turgor pressure? _________________________________________________________
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How will healthy plants with plenty of water appear? __________________________________
Which vascular tissue is most associated with carrying water? ___________________________
What part of the leaf contains vascular tissue? ________________________________________
What cell process causes water to enter or leave a cell? ________________________________
What do plants do to cause water to quickly enter or leave a cell affecting the turgor pressure?
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What do we call a plant’s rapid response to touch? ____________________________________
What are the two primary reasons for thigmonastic movements in plants?
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What are the reproductive organs found in vascular plants?
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What part of the flower actually becomes the fruit that you eat? _________________________
What part of the flower actually become the seeds? ___________________________________
What triggers these changes in the plant’s flowers? ____________________________________