Plants

Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant?

• root hair cell --> xylem --> stomata

• stomata --> root hair cell --> xylem

• xylem --> stomata --> root hair cell

Select all of the environmental factors that would increase transpiration.

• Increased humidity

• Increased wind speed

• Increased temperature

• Decreased surface area

Which statement correctly identifies the substance and direction it is transported in the xylem?

• Water, only upwards

• Glucose, only upwards

• Water, up and down the plant

• Glucose, up and down the plant

Which statement correctly identifies the substance and direction it is transported in the phloem?

• Water, only upwards

• Water, up and down the plant

• Glucose, only upwards

• Glucose, up and down the plant

Which is NOT a function of roots?

• Take in water

• Take in minerals

• Anchor plant to ground

• Make food

Pores called __________ allow plants to exchange gases for respiration and photosynthesis. 

• stomata
• guard cells
• palisade mesophyll
• cuticles

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Transpiration is

• the movement of water through a plant from the roots up the stem
• the loss of water from the leaves of a plant by the process of evaporation
• the flow of water into plant roots by osmosis from the soil
• the process of minerals and sugars moving through plant veins

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Define vascular tissue

• Photosynthetic organs that contain one or more bundles of vascular tissue

• The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants

• Tissue that conducts water, hormones and nutrients (glucose) through the plant body in higher plants

• The type of tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots

 ______ transports water and some nutrients up from the roots to the rest of the plant. 

• xylem
• phloem
• stoma
• spongy mesophyll

Plant loses water through the ________. 

• roots 
• stomata 
• chlorophyll
• stem

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