Shoot System (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards

Part of plant that grows above ground

Stem, leaves, flowers, seeds

Supports aerial parts of plant

Transport water, minerals, nutrients between leaves and roots

Potatoes

Part of stem where branches and leaves grow

Area between nodes where no branches form

Gas exchange on stems (O2 in, CO2 and water vapor out)

Arranged in ring, xylem towards inside

Scattered at random

Stalk of the leaf

Leaves joined directly to stem, no petiole

Water passes out of leaf as vapor

Pattern of veins on a leaf

Veins run parallel; found in monocots (e.g. grasses)