What is a plant? Review and Reinforce // Enirch

A(n) _______ is a waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants.

Cuticle

The internal transporting system through which water, minerals, and food move inside the plant is called ___________

Vascular Tissue

Do you think the plant shown above is more likely to have deep roots or shallow horizontal roots? Explain.

Shallow horizontal roots. This is because desert rains are often light and brief, and the soil dries rapidly under an intense sun. To cope with these conditions, they have shallow horizontal roots.

What do plants need to live successfully on land?

They need to get water and other materials from their surroundings, retain water, transport materials within their bodies, support their bodies, and reproduce.

A group of similar cells that perform a specific function is called a(n) _________

Tissue

The sac inside a plant cell where water, wastes, and food are stored is called a(n) _________

Vacuole

What characteristics do all plants share?

All plants are autorophs, most plants are multicellular, and all plants cells are surrounded by cell walls.

The green pigment called _________ is necessary to the food-making process in plants.

Chlorophyll

A(n) _____________ is a structure is a structure inside a plants cell in which food is made.

Chloroplast

A desert plant called the creosote bush has a double root system: It has both shallow horizontal roots and deep vertical roots. Why would this type of root system be an advantage to a desert plant?

Having a shallow horizontal root, the plant is able to capture the water that falls directly on the ground around its area before it runs rapidly down in the ground. having deep vertical roots capture the water that escapes the shallow horizontal roots, and goes straight down deeper in the depth of the ground. In this way, the creosote bush is able to absorb as much water as possible and minimize the waste or escape of water.

The process by which plants make food is called _____

Photosynthesis

Do you think a desert plant is more likely to have a thin or thick cuticle?

Thick cuticle. This is because the cuticle will help the desert plants retain water.

Why do you think the plant loses its leaves and flowers when it becomes dormant?

To conserve its energy for the next season, because it takes more energy to stay warm, and it wouldn't be able to use the energy to flower and produce leaves, while trying to keep itself warm at the same time.

What do you think causes the plant in the figure above to come out of dormancy and become active?

Water