Roots, Stems & Leaves
Name Class Date
Stems
Plants structures each serve a different purpose for
keeping a plant alive and healthy. Plant stems support
the leaves and flowers, and they
xylem
phloem carry water and nutrients
xylem
phloem within the plant.
The xylem carries water
and nutrients from the
pith
roots to the leaves. The
pith phloem carries sugar
away from leaves to the
rest of the plant.
Roots
Plant roots anchor the plant into the soil, store food,
and absorb water and nutrients.
cuticle
epidermis
cuticle
epidermis
spongy
tissue
spongy
tissue
phloem
vessels
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Leaves
A plant leaf has many layers.
stomate
Two outer layers of tough skin
stomate
cells, called the epidermis,
provide protection for the leaf.
Leaves have tiny pores called
stomates which allow water
O2 out stomate
and gases to pass in and out
O2 out stomate
of the plant. CO2 in
CO2 in
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Roots, Stems & Leaves
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Process of Photosynthesis
Plants make food in the form of sugar through the process of photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast of a plant cell.
Plant Cell
nucleus
vacuole
cell
membrane
cell wall
chloroplast
mitochondria
Chlorophyll found in the chloroplast absorbs
sunlight. Plants use carbon dioxide they take WATER
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from the soil, and energy from the Sun to
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produce oxygen and sugar.
WATER
CO2 CHLOROPLAST
OXYGEN SUGAR
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Roots, Stems & Leaves
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Label the leaf parts.
cuticle
epidermis
spongy
tissue
phloem
vessels
xylem
stomate
O2 out stomate
CO2 in
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Roots and stems carry water and nutrients around the plant through vessels.
What does xylem do?
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What does phloem do?
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Roots, Stems & Leaves
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Label the plant cell.
Plant Cell
Fill in the blanks.
_____________________ found in the
WATER
_____________________ absorbs sunlight. CO2
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they take in from the air around them,
_____________________ they get from
WATERthe
COthe
soil, and _____________________ from 2
Sun to produce _____________________ CHLOROPLAST
and _____________________ during the
process of _________________________. OXYGEN SUGAR
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Roots, Stems & Leaves
Name Answer
Class Key Date
Label the leaf parts.
cuticle
cuticle
epidermis
epidermis
spongy
spongy tissue
tissue
phloem
vessels
xylem
stomate
stomate
O2 outO2 out stomate
stomate
CO2 inCO2 in
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Stomates are openings in the leaf that let gases in and out. They let carbon
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dioxide in and release oxygen and water from the process of photosynthesis.
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Roots and stems carry water and nutrients around the plant through vessels.
What does xylem do?
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The xylem carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
___________________________________________________________________
What does phloem do?
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The phloem carries sugar away from leaves to the rest of the plant. Sugar is
made in the leaves during photosynthesis.
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Roots, Stems & Leaves
Name Answer
Class Key Date
Label the plant cell.
Plant Cell vacuole
nucleus
cell
membrane
cell wall
chloroplast
mitochondria
Fill in the blanks.
Chlorophyll
_____________________ found in the
chloroplast WATER
_____________________ absorbs sunlight. CO2
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carbon dioxide
Plants use _____________________
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they take in from the air around them,
water
_____________________ they get from the
WATER
energy
soil, and _____________________ COthe
from 2
oxygen
Sun to produce _____________________ CHLOROPLAST
sugar
and _____________________ during the
photosynthesis
process of _________________________. OXYGEN SUGAR
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