Transportation in Plants

Why plants become wilt?

• Less water evaporate from the plants

• The plant loss excessive amount of water through transpiration

• The stomata of the plants are closed

• The weather are cool.

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The function of transpiration is to transport _______ and ____________ from the roots to the leaves

• water, mineral salts

• food, nutrients

• water, food

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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

How do plants get their energy?

• through a reaction called chlorophyll 
• by a process called photosynthesis 
• by absorbing mineral nutrients from soil 
• by eating other organisms 

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_______ are tubes that carry nutrients to other parts of the plant. 

• stomata 
• roots 
• xylem 
• xylophone 

The plant tissue that carries food materials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll
• Xylem

Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is know as ______.

• Chlorophyll
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Xylem

Plant absorbs water through the _________. 

• stem
• roots 
• leaves 
• all of the above

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Root hairs help in absorption of water by

• increasing the surface area

• decreasing the surface area

• holding the plant in the soil

• none of the above