Turgor Pressure

What is the force inside the central vacuole called?

• The Force

• Turgor Pressure

• Water Pressure

• Thigmotropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which plant would be stiff and rigid?

• The plant with the full vacuole in the cell

• The plant with the empty vacuole in the cell

• All plants the water in the vacuole does not matter

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This plant will most likely be _______________.

• Limp or wilted

• stiff and rigid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which cell shows a plant that is stiff and rigid?

• The cell on the left

• The middle cell

• The cell on the right

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Why do plants wilt?

• low turgor pressure
• high turgor pressure
• too much water
• no cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What in a plant cells hold food, water, and waste? 

• Cell Wall
• Mitochondria
• Vacuole
• Nucleus 

Which cell shows a wilted plant? 

• a)
• b)

Turgor pressure is the outward force exerted by water on the cell wall of a plant cell.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A student placed a flower in a vase but forgot to add water. The picture above shows the flower’s appearance after a few days. What force/s contributed to the flower’s appearance?

• Gravity

• Loss of turgor pressure

• Geotropism

• Loss of phototropism

Wilting is a plant's response to:

• High turgor pressure

• Low turgor pressure

• Gravity

• Sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1