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Name: ________________________________ Period: _______ Date: ________
Plants Part 1 Independent Practice (15min)
1. The root cap area of the root is a special area of the root. What happens at the root cap?
2. What kind of tissue is allowing it to happen?
3. The main purpose of the leaf is to collect as much _________________ as possible.
4. For what process does the plant need this?
5. What is specifically happening in the tubes called xylem? What are they delivering? From where? To where?
Why?
6. How is phloem different from xylem? What is it carrying, AND in what direction it is carrying it? Why?
7. Name at least 2 functions of the root.
8. What tissues that make up the root help it to do those functions?
9. Why does the plant need water so badly?
10. Why are most flowers brightly colored?
Name: ________________________________ Period: _______ Date: ________
Plants Part 1 Exit Quiz (10min)
1. Which of the following correctly matches the plant tissues with their functions?
A. Dermal tissue protects the plant from water loss and vascular tissue transports water and nutrients
B. Dermal tissue includes xylem and phloem and vascular tissue protects the plant from water loss
C. Vascular tissue includes xylem and phloem and dermal tissue moves water and nutrients
D. None of the above
2. Dermal tissue is to plants as _________________ is to humans.
A. Lungs
C. Skin
B. Veins
D. Intestines
3.Xylem moves ________________ through the plant, while phloem moves
______________ through the plant.
c. Food; Chlorophyll
a. Food; water
d. Water; food
b. Water; Chlorophyll
4. The tissue that stores energy in a plant is called ...
a. Ground Tissue
c. Xylem Tissue
b. Dermal Tissue
d. Vascular Tissue
5. A chewing insect damages the vascular tissue of a plant stem. This damage will most directly
affect the
A. conduction of water and minerals between the roots and leaves.
B. diffusion of oxygen between root epidermal cells.
C. excretion of carbon dioxide by root cells.
D. synthesis of plant hormones in the roots.
6. Zeke is trying to plant a garden but he does not have much space. Zeke decides to trim the
ends of the roots of the plants he is putting in his garden. After a week, Zeke notices that his
plants did not grow at all. Explain why this happened. Vocabulary words: apical meristem, root
cap, meristematic tissue.