Plants

A leaf's waxy cuticle does what?

• stores water

• reduces evaporation

• transports water in the leaf

• absorbs water for the leaf

Transpiration is

• The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
• A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
• The process by which plants give off moisture into the atmosphere.
• When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas.

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Cohesion is when water sticks to...

• itself
• something else

Adhesion is when water sticks to...

• itself
• something else

Water and minerals move through vascular tissue known as what?

• phloem
• xylem
• root hairs
• stomata

What kingdom of Eukarya do plants fall under?

• animalia

• archaea

• plantae

• protist

What is the phloem responsible for transporting?

• minerals

• Water

• Sugar

• none of the above

The main function of stomata is to

• capture sunlight

• protect leaves from insects

• allow gases to move rapidly in/out of leaves

• release sugars into the atmosphere

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The important gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through the

• upper epidermis
• phloem
• stomata
• guard cells

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Which structures open and close stomata to allow gas exchange but prevent water loss in leaves?

• Epidermis
• Vascular tissue
• Guard cells
• Spongy mesophyll