https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3 Made by Douglas Johnson en-us 2018-11-30 15:49:18 UTC 2025-04-03 22:21:55 UTC hello@padlet.com douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309830657
1. Absorption of water and inorganic nutrients

2. Anchoring of the plant body to the ground, and supporting it

3. Storage of food and nutrients, ]]> 2018-11-30 15:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309830657 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309834458 2018-11-30 15:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309834458 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309840484 a straight tapering root growing vertically downward and forming the center from which subsidiary rootlets spring.]]> 2018-11-30 16:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309840484 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309840577 consisting of or characterized by fibers.]]> 2018-11-30 16:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309840577 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309844149 2018-11-30 16:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309844149 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847133 Some roots, called adventitious roots, arise from an organ other than the root—usually a stem, sometimes a leaf.]]> 2018-11-30 16:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847133 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847518 A thick and fleshy root like a tuber but without buds, as in the dahlia.]]> 2018-11-30 16:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847518 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847550 Is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.]]> 2018-11-30 16:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847550 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847571 prop root Any of the modified roots that arise from the stem of certain plants and provide extra support.]]> 2018-11-30 16:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309847571 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309849615 Aerial roots are roots that are above ground. Different plants have grown them.]]> 2018-11-30 16:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/309849615 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/310474516 Roots are very important for the plant because they suck the water and nutrients up out of the soil and into the plant. But the roots are not only good for the plant, they are good for soil. When it rains, the roots hold the soil in place so it is not washed away. When soil gets washed away it is called erosion.]]> 2018-12-03 15:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/310474516 douglas_johnson1 https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/310474967 This massive ancient forest is actually the world's largest living thing by mass. Meet Pando, thought to be the world's largest living thing by mass. It's a forest, but all of its 47,000 aspen trees come from a single root system spread over 106 acres in Utah, making it genetically one individual.]]> 2018-12-03 15:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/douglas_johnson1/n1v9e8zrphr3/wish/310474967