Plant Growth and Adaptations

Substances that all living things need to grow

• carbon dioxide

• nutrients

• photosynthesis

Gas breathed out by animals

• carbon dioxide

• nutrients

• photosynthesis

Process by which plants make their own food

• carbon dioxide

• nutrients

• photosynthesis

Process by which leaves give off water

• transpiration

• fibrous roots

• symmetry

Each half of a leaf is a mirror image of the other

• transpiration

• fibrous roots

• symmetry

Long, shallow roots

• transpiration

• fibrous roots

• symmetry

Deep roots that have tiny hairs to absorb water and nutrients

• tuber

• taproots

• germinates

• spores

Swollen underground stem

• tuber

• taproots

• germinates

• spores

Sprouts and begins to grow

• tuber

• taproots

• germinate

• spores

Tiny cells from which some plants germinate

• tuber

• taproots

• germinate

• spores