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Aquatic Plants: Structure and Functions

This document discusses the structure and functions of aquatic and terrestrial plants. It describes the major parts of aquatic plants including floating, submerged, and emergent plants. Floating plants are not rooted and float on the water surface, submerged plants are rooted underwater but do not reach the surface, and emergent plants are rooted underwater but have stems and leaves that extend above the surface. The document also outlines the root and shoot systems of terrestrial plants, describing roots that absorb water and nutrients from soil and shoots that include stems and leaves to transport substances. Key tissues like aerenchyma help store and transport oxygen in aquatic plants.

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Aquatic Plants: Structure and Functions

This document discusses the structure and functions of aquatic and terrestrial plants. It describes the major parts of aquatic plants including floating, submerged, and emergent plants. Floating plants are not rooted and float on the water surface, submerged plants are rooted underwater but do not reach the surface, and emergent plants are rooted underwater but have stems and leaves that extend above the surface. The document also outlines the root and shoot systems of terrestrial plants, describing roots that absorb water and nutrients from soil and shoots that include stems and leaves to transport substances. Key tissues like aerenchyma help store and transport oxygen in aquatic plants.

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Aquatic

Plants:
Structure and
Functions
Objective:
At the end of the lesson,
you should be able to
identify the parts and
functions of the
different types of
aquatic plants.
Aquatic plants
Aquatic plants, also
called hydrophytes, grow in water or in
soil permanently saturated with water.
They are often found in areas called littoral zone,
which is the shallow part of the water where the
sunlight could reach the soil.
Aquatic plants can serve as food and habitat for
organisms living in different bodies of water such as
ponds, lakes, and sea.
Some of the major factors affecting the number of
aquatic plants growing in a specific body of water
include water depth, nutrient availability, and type of
soil.
Aerenchyma – a
parenchyma tissue
with large
intracellular air
spaces.
This tissue is used to
store oxygen and transport
it to other plant tissues.
The stored oxygen is also
used by leaves for
buoyancy.
Types of Aquatic Plants
Aquatic plants can be classified as
floating, submerged, or emergent
plants.
Floating Plants
Floating plants are not rooted at the
water’s bottom, and the leaves and flowers
float and move freely on the water’s
surface.
 Some of them are rootless. Others have roots with hair-like
structures that dangles from the underside of the leaves. They
usually grow in areas where there is a little wave in the water.
(e.g. water lily, water lettuce, and duckweed)
Submerged plants
Submerged plants are aquatic plants which are
rooted on the water’s bottom but do not extend all the
way to the surface.
 The leaves, stems, and roots grow
entirely underwater although some
of its leaves float. In addition, they
have flowers usually raised above
the water surface. They usually
grow near the shore up to the
deepest part of the littoral zone.
(e.g. pondweed, hornwort, and
rice-field water-nymph)
 Some species of submerged plants
are known to have antipollution
mechanisms. They are often used
for phytoremediation – the use
of plants to remove, degrade, and
contain contaminants such as
heavy metals.
Emergent plants
Emergent plants are rooted on the water’s bottom
and extend their leaves and stem to the surface.
 The leaves of these plants
have spongy tissues and
packed with air spaces. They
typically grow along the shore
where the water is low,
usually less than four feet
deep. (e.g. cattail and
pickerelweed)
 Stolons, also called runners,
are stems that allow the
plants to spread and
reproduce. On the other
hand, rhizomes are modified
stems, where the shoots and
roots arise through the
nodes.
Terrestrial
Plants:
Structures
and Functions
Objective:
At the end of the
lesson, you should be
able to identify the
parts and functions
of terrestrial plants.
Terrestrial plants
- are plants that
grow on land.
The parts of terrestrial
plants can be divided into:
1. The root
system consists of roots
that obtain nutrients
from the soil and store
food
2. The shoot system is
made up of stems and
leaves that carry
substances up and down
the plant.
The Root System
The roots are the
structures found
beneath the soil.
They are responsible for
anchoring the plants to a
substrate, absorbing
water, dissolving
minerals, and storing
food.
They have root
caps which are
responsible for the cell
division, elongation, and
maturation while root
hairs are mostly for
absorption.
Three Types of Roots
1.Taproot is the largest
type of root and is
present in most of
dicotyledon plants.
2.Fibrous roots consist of
very fine branches and
are present in
monocotyledon plants
and grasses.
3.Adventitious
roots grow on stems
above the ground. They
include prop roots which
are present in corn
The Shoot System
The shoots, also
known as aerial
plant
structures are
found above the
soil.
They are divided
into vegetative
parts (stems and
leaves)
and reproductive
parts (fruits and
flowers).
PERFORMANCE
TASK
1.Make a presentation of some diseases
that are associated with the various
organ systems.
a) Name of the disease:
b) Organ system affected:
c) Cause:
d) Symptom:
e) Treatment:
f) Prevention:
PERFORMANCE
TASK
2. Make a presentation of some
diseases that may occur in plants.
a) Name of the disease:
b) Part of the plant affected
c) Cause:
d) Symptom:
e) Treatment:
f) Prevention:
Criteria:
Content- 50%
Presentation-30%
Team Work -20%

To be presented on Tuesday!

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