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Nujad Rojas
Manuela cubillos
María Paula Peña
Daniela Roldan
10A
the importance of plants
Functions
• roots absorb water and minerals
from the soil.these are transported
to all the others parts of the plant
• Roots anchor the plant firmly in
the ground,so it is not pulled out
when the window blows strongly,or
when an animal pulls on the leave
• Some plants store food in their
roots
STEM
The stem conducts water, minerals, and food to other
parts of the plant; it may also store food, and green
stems themselves produce food.
In most plants the stem is the major vertical shoot, in
some it is inconspicuous, and in others it is modified
and resembles other plant parts
The stem conducts water and nutrient minerals from
their site of absorption in the roots to the leaves by
means of certain vascular tissues in the xylem.
The movement of synthesized foods from the leaves
to other plant organs occurs chiefly through other
vascular tissues in the stem called phloem.
Food and water are also frequently stored in the stem
GROWTH AND ANATOMY
The first rudiment of the young stem, or shoot, of an
embryonic plant appears from the seed after the root has
first protruded
The growing portion at the apex of the shoot is the terminal
bud of the plant, and by the continued development of this
bud and its adjacent tissues.
the stem increases in height. Lateral buds and leaves grow
out of the stem at intervals called nodes
the intervals on the stem between the nodes are called
internodes.
The number of leaves that appear at a node depends on the
species of plant; one leaf per node is common, but two or or
more leaves may grow at the nodes of some species
When a leaf drops off a stem at the end of a growing season,
it leaves a scar on the stem because of the severing of the
vascular (conducting) bundles that had connected stem and
leaf.
lateral buds are produced that develop into lateral shoots
more or less resembling the parent stem, and these
ultimately determine the branching of the plant.
Tissues of the plant
There are differet types of steams