BOT 1200 Lecture : botany week 1
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Roots interact with water and nutrients and facilitates the movement to the above ground organs. Shape and size is dictated by genetics and the environment. Stems : plant stems provide structure and rigidity. Attached to the roots and serves as a conduit to exchange material between the roots and to the leaves. Allows the exchange of organics produced in the leaves through conductive tissue. Uses sunlight energy to carry out a process known as photosynthesis. When light energy is absorbed, it takes water, and splits it to produce oxygen. The chemical energy produced by the splitting of water is then used to fix co2 in the atmosphere into glucose for the plant. These are the primary building blocks for all components in the plant. Flowers: once pollinated and fertilized, will produce fruit that hold seeds. Not every plant will flower or form seeds. Flowers are produced of the petal, the tip of the stem becomes enlarged, and that is the.