Plants Chapter 16

What are the two functions of a root system?

• To absorb water and nutrients from the soil.

• Carry carbon dioxide up the plant from the root.

• To take in glucose from the root

• Anchor the plant in the ground

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What are the three distinct organs that make up a vascular plant?

• Roots

• Stems

• leaves

• flowers

What are the two types of tissue that move water and food throughout the plant?

• Xylem

• Phloem

• heartwood

• Cambium

What type of root anchors the plant into the ground

• secondary root

• primary root

• root cap

• root hairs

What are the two types of vascular tissue that transport materials throughout the cell?

• heartwood

• xylem

• cambium

• phloem

What type of plant has a very short root system?

• seedless plants

• vascular plants

• seed plants

• non-vascular plants

What type of plant reproduces asexually?

• seedless plants

• vascular plants

• seed plants

• non-vascular plants

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Vascular tissue includes which of the following?

• xylem

• phloem

• moves water from roots to the leaves

• moves glucose (food) throughout the plant

• provides the soil with food after photosynthesis

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"Naked" seeds found on pine cones are called

• vascular tissue

• liverwarts

• gymnosperms

• rhizoids

• angiosperms

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What is an example of a seedless plant?

• maple tree

• Boston fern

• poison ivy

• rose bush