Life Science Plants and Flowers

What comes from the bark of the willow tree?

aspirin

What transport glucose down through the plant?

phloem

What inspired London's Crystal Palace to support tons of glass?

The sturdy pattern of grids of the water lily.

What was the Garden of Eden bound by?

4 rivers

The tendency of a plant to grow toward water is what?

Hydrotropism

The tendency of a plant to grow toward light is called____?

Phototropism

What plant is used to treat heart disease?

Fox glove

How is water transported through the plant?

By the Xylem vascular bundles

Roots store glucose in the form of what?

starch

What is the enlarged base of the pistil called?

ovary

List three ways flowers attract pollinators?

1. color
2. scent
3. shape

List three things for which a fully grown dandelion can be used?

salad ingredients
coffee substitute
medicines
tire tracks
timepiece
potent wine

List two things a plant provides for us.

clothes
food
housing
medicines

Be able to identify plants by dicot or monocot.

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What part of the plant is a carrot?

root
t

What part of the sweet potato makes up the food?

root

What part of the celery is used for food?

stem

what part of the orange?

fruit

what part of lettuce?

leaf

what part of the tomato?

fruit

Be able to label the parts of a flower.

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