Structure and Function of Plants Vocab

2. The part of a leaf between the node and the blade.
3. The release of water from plant leaves through stomata.
5. A region on a stem where a leaf is or was attached.
6. In plants, a noncelluar protective covering over leaves and young stems.
10. A tissue that serves as a protective covering in plants.
11. A vascular tissue that carries dissolved food in a plant.
14. The upper layer of leaf tissue that consists of loosely packed cells that carry on photosynthesis.
15. Openings between guard cells of a leaf the permit water vapor and gases to pass into and out of the leaf.

1. The lower layer of leaf tissue consisting of loosely packed cells that carry on photosynthesis and have many air spaces between them.
4. The growth of plants in response to external stimuli such as light, gravity, and touch.
7. A vascular tissue made of long, hollow cells that carry water and dissolved minerals upward in a plant.
8. A root system having a cluster of roots that are all about equal in size and lacking a taproot.
9. One of the cells that surround a stoma on a plant leaf and control the opening and closing of the stoma.
12. A root system having one or a few main roots that are thicker and longer than the other roots of a plant.
13. In plants, a structure containing vascular tissues in leaf blades.