N5 - 2.5 Plant Transport

What does xylem transport?

• Water and minerals

• Water only

• Sugar

• Food

Is mature xylem alive or dead?

• Alive

• Dead

What do the guard cells do?

• Control active transport

• Control nutrients moving into the cell

• Controls the rate of transpiration (loss of water through the leaf)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

• Upward

• Down

What does phloem transport?

• Water

• Minerals

• Fruit

• Sugar

Are phloem cells alive or dead?

• Alive

• Dead

Plant absorbs water through the _________. 

• stem
• roots 
• leaves 
• all of the above

Plant loses water through the ________. 

• roots 
• stomata 
• chlorophyll
• stem

Water is transported from roots to shoots and leaves in:

• Xylem
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll

what is the function of root hair?

• it is place to store the food
• it has large surface area to absorb more water
• it increases the root's anchorage
• It prevents the loss of water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1