Series of roots growing in many directions

Chemicals in plants that affect how they grow

Fine parts of the root that do most of the work in absorbing water and nutrients

Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes are all ________________, which means “__________________________.”

One of the main differences between bulbs and corms is that bulbs have layers of special _________________, whereas corms are solid.

A potato is a _________________: a big swollen underground stem packed full of starch.

Certain plants can be _____________ by taking a cutting and putting it into water until roots begin to grow. Plants grown by this method are called______.

A clone has the same _______________ as the parent.

“Forcing a bulb” means tricking it into thinking that it is time to bloom, even though it may actually be wintertime.

Seeds are clones of the parent plant.

All plants can be easily reproduced by taking a cutting and putting it into water until roots grow.

The layers of an onion are actually its leaves.

Most plants with fibrous root systems are monocots, and most plants with taproot systems are dicots.

On the International Space Station, the roots of plants in the Botany Science Lab sometimes grow in the same direction as the stems because there is no gravity to direct their growth downward.

All plants require their roots to be in soil or water in order to grow.

A banyan tree in Maui and a wild fig tree in South Africa are examples of how incredibly long root systems can grow.

Root cap

Root hairs

Root cells

Cells being added for root growth

_____________________________ are actually underground stems that store excess food. They do not absorb water and nutrients like roots do, but they can grow roots.