1. Plant Structure & Function

2. Plants
Perform photosynthesis to make their own food (glucose).

3. Plant Structure
Root System
Shoot System
Stem
Leaves
Flowers

4. Root Functions
Anchorage
Absorption
Storage

5. Root Types
Taproots
Fibrous roots
Adventitious roots

6. Shoot - Stems Supports branches, leaves and flowers.
Grows toward light.
Transports substances between roots and leaves.

7. Shoot - Leaves Photosynthetic
Produces its own food.
Designed to capture maximum light and minimize water loss.

8. Shoot - Leaves Key Terms to Know: Cuticle Epidermis Palisade mesophyll
Spongy mesophyll
Veins (xylem & phloem)
Stoma & guard cells
Chlorophyll

9. Shoot - Flowers Developed for sexual reproduction.
Pollen produced on anther ‘pollinates’ egg inside ovary to form a seed.