Students will learn how the structures of plants such as roots, stems, and leaves enable them to live and grow. Real-life applications show how these plant structures are useful sources of food, building materials and medicine. Other terminology includes: xylem, phloem, leaf, stomata, guard cells, growth, photosynthesis, and transpiration.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2000. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015.

Plant Characteristics (2:45); --Vascular Plants (0:47); -- Roots (2:41); -- Stems (1:08); -- Stem Functions (1:02); -- Vascular Tissue (1:32); -- Leaves (3:12); -- Plant Groupings (1:15); -- Summing Up (0:48); -- Video Quiz (3:03); -- Credits: Plant Structure and Function (0:34); .