Underground Storage Systems Questions

Number the back of the foldable 1-12. Identify each of the images as a

bulb, corm, tuber, or rhizome.

• 1. daylily (a flower)

• 2. crocus (a flower)

• 3. garlic

• 4. iris (a flower)

• 5. dahlia (a flower)

• 6. Onion

• 7. ginger

• 8. water chestnut

Answer the following questions

• 9. How does a large underground storage system help a plant survive?

• 10. What type of adaptation is an underground storage system for plants? (Structural, behavioral, physiological)

• 11. What is the definition of a bulb?• 12. What is the definition of a tuber?