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How do plants collect and conserve energy? - answer✔✔ - through their leaves
what is the structure that provides positioning and support of the leaves? -
answer✔✔ - The Stem
What do the roots do? - answer✔✔ - provide anchorage and absorb water from
the ground
What part of the plant regulates gas exchange? - answer✔✔ - Stomata
What is the function of guard cells? - answer✔✔ - surround the stomata
, What is a runner(stolon)? - answer✔✔ - New plants arise at the nodes on an
aboveground horizontal stem
What type of plants have a runner? - answer✔✔ - strawberries
what is a rhizome? - answer✔✔ - horizontal underground stem
what type of plants have a rhizome? - answer✔✔ - grass
What are new shoots that arise from axillary buds on enlarged tips of slender
underground rhizomes? - answer✔✔ - tuber
What type of plants have tuber growth? - answer✔✔ - potatoes
What is a corm? - answer✔✔ - new plants arises from axillary buds on short,
thick, vertical, underground stems
What is an example of a corm plant? - answer✔✔ - gladiolus
What is a Bulb stem? - answer✔✔ - arises from a axillary bud on a short
underground stem and consists of fleshy leaves
What is an example of a bulb plant? - answer✔✔ - onion