1. Plant
Systems

2. Quick review- MAKING CONNECTIONS
In class we have looked at 6 kingdoms
-Animalia, Protista, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Fungi and Plantae
Identify the following for the plant kingdom
Cell Type
(Prok./Euk.)
Body Form
(Unicellular/Muticellular)
Cell Wall (Yes/No)
Mode of Nutrition (Autotroph/Heterotroph)
Motility (Yes/No)

3. Plant Systems
 There are some distinguishing features of plants:
Green in colour – caused by chlorophyll in the chloroplast
Have structures (usually roots) to anchor them in place
Plants make their own food by photosynthesis = autotrophs
 This means they do not need to move around in search of food= Not motile
 They also do not need complicated organ systems found in
Animals-

4. Plant Systems
 Plants do need to perform many of the same functions as animals:
 exchange gases with their surroundings
 an internal transportation system to move water and nutrients around their body
 to reproduce

5. Plant Systems
 The plant is divided into two main “body systems”:

6. Plant Systems
 The plant is divided into two main “body systems”:

7. Plant Systems 1. Root System  Below ground
 Anchors plant – holds the plant ; support
 Made up of one or more separate roots
 Can spread underground to a very large area
 Absorbs water and minerals from the soil (done by root hairs)
 Stores food

8. Plant Systems Shoot system Photosynthesis (for food) = Leaves
 Above ground
 Two main functions:
Photosynthesis (for food) = Leaves
To produce flowers (for reproduction)
 Made up of the leaf, flower, and stem

9. Plant Systems 2. Shoot system a) The Leaf
 Main photosynthetic structure of plant
 Photosynthesis is done by the chloroplast
Process by which plants create their own food and oxygen
 Chloroplasts contain flat, disc-like structures called thylakoids
 Thylakoids are arranged in stacks called grana
 Grana act as solar collectors
 Gases enter the leaf through the stomata
 Have a waxy layer called a cuticle that protects the leaf from drying out

10. Chloroplast Site where photosynthesis takes place.
Photosynthesis- Process by which plants generate their own food (glucose/sugar)

11. DRAW THIS !!

13. Plant Systems 2. Shoot system b) The Flower
 Used for sexual reproduction – there are male and female parts
 Reproduction occurs by pollination
 Seeds are formed, which are stored in a fruit

14. Draw this and label the components

15. Plant Systems 2. Shoot system c) The Stem
 Supports branches, leaves, and flowers and provides a way to transport materials
 Transports materials by vascular tissues

16. Plant Tissue Systems

17. Plant Tissue Systems Vascular Tissue System (veins)
 found within every root, shoot, and leaf of the plant
 Is a transportation system: moves water, minerals, and other chemicals around the plant
 Two types:
Xylem – made up of elongated cells that are not living
- transports water and dissolved minerals upward
from the roots
Phloem - made up of elongated cells that are living
– transports food materials (sugar/ glucose and hormones throughout the plant (upward or downward)

19. Plant Tissue Systems 3. Ground Tissue System (everything else)
 all other internal tissues in the root, stem, and leaves
 filter between the dermal and vascular tissues
 perform a variety of functions

20. Plant Tissue Systems

21. Plant Tissue Systems