Plant Part 1 Vocabulary

short, simple plants with no xylem and phloem

• Vascular Plants

• Non-vascular Plants

• Seeds

• Taproots

plants with tube-like structures running through them that carry food and water

• Roots

• Stems

• Vascular Plants

• Non-vascular Plants

soft and green stems

• Herbaceous

• Woody

Carries water and minerals up from the roots to the rest of the plant

• phloem

• xylem

carries food down from the leaves to the rest of the plant

• xylem

• phloem

reacting to the stimulus of touch

• Thigmotropism

• Thorns

• Poison

• Roots

Sharp outgrowths that keeps plants from getting eaten

• thigmotropism

• Poison

• Thorns

• Flower

Chemical substance designed to keep animals away

• Thorns

• Poison

• Thigmotropism

• Filament

Leaves

• contains the xylem and phloem

• site of food production in a plant

• anchor and support for the plant; absorbs water and nutrients from the soil

• baby plant

Roots

• contains the xylem and phloem

• site of food production in a plant

• anchor and support for the plant; absorbs water and nutrients from the soil

• baby plant