structure of a plant (B.21)

• what is the name of the plant tissue where new cells are made?

  meristems
• name for the specialised plant cell adapted to absorb water & nutrients from the soil?

  root hair cell
• name of the specialised plant cell adapted to open and close the stomata of a plant

  guard cell
• name of the specialised cell that is adapted to absorb lots of light energy in the leaf?

  Palisade cell
• what is the chemical in chloroplasts that allow plant cells to absorb lots of light energy?

  chlorophyll
• which type of plant tissue is made up of sieve cells and companion cells?

  Phloem
• what is the name for the hole in a leaf that allows gases in and water out?

  Stoma/stomata
• name of the plant tissue that is made up of hollow tube of dead cells?

  Xylem
• which tissue in a plant transports water?

  Xylem
• which tissue in a plant transports glucose?

  Phloem
• in which plant organ is glucose made?

  leaf
• name for the process that converts water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen

  photosynthesis
• organ of a plant is designed to absorb water?


  Root
• organ of a plant is designed to transport substances from the roots to the leaves and vice?

  stem