AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sweet potato is a dicot plant from the family Convolvulaceae. It is an example of an adventitious root and is a modified form of tuberous roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sweet potato is an example of modified root. The edible part of sweet potato is a modified adventitious root that stores food. Adventitious roots are the roots that grow from parts other than the radicle. Tap root is a direct elongation of the radicle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike regular potatoes, which are tubers, sweet potatoes are considered to be root vegetables. The root, however, is described as a tuberous root. Both sweet and regular potatoes grow under the soil, but they are very different when it comes to density, taste and nutrition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sweet potato is a modified adventitious root for storage of food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unlike the potato, which is a tuber, or thickened stem, the sweetpotato that we eat is the storage root of the plant; an enlarged lateral root.