Plants

In what plant cell part/structure is water stored?

• chloroplast
• cell wall
• vacuole 
• cytoplasm

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The leaf's cuticle

• stores water
• reduces evaporation
• transports water in the leaf
• absorbs water for the leaf

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What produces egg and sperm cells during the life cycle of a plant?

• gamete
• gametophyte
• sporophyte
• zygote

What happens in the phloem?

• water moves up from the roots
• food moves down from the leaves
• food moves up from the roots
• water moves down to the roots

Germination will not happen unless a seed

• is dispersed far from the plant that produced it
• absorbs water
• uses its stored food
• grows stamens and a pistil

What part of a woody stem forms rings that indicate a tree's age?

• xylem
• phloem
• cambium
• inner bark

The energy that powers photosynthesis comes from

• water
• chemicals
• oxygen
• the sun

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Gases pass in and out of a leaf through the 

• stomata
• phloem
• xylem
• cuticle

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What part of a plant transports water and nutrients from the root to the plant's stem and leaves?

• root hairs
• phloem
• xylem
• cuticle

All of the following is a root function, except

• water absorption
• food storage
• plant anchoring
• food production

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