Transport in plants

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

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll
• Xylem

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What is the name of the part of the root that allows water and minerals enter?

• root hairs
• epidermis
• phloem
• phyla

what is the function of root hair?

• it is place to store the food
• it has large surface area to absorb more water

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How do water enter the roots from the soil?

• diffusion
• osmosis
• transpiration
• active transport

Water vapour exits a plant leaf by

• the stomata
• the epidermis
• the palisade cells
• the spongy mesophyll

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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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This is the definition for which word:The movement of water molecules from a high concentration of water to a low concentration of water across a partially permeable membrane.

• Osmosis
• Diffusion
• Active transport
• Transpiration

Which of these is true?

• Xylem vessels carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant
• Phloem tissue carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant
• Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose up and down the plant

Two main vascular bundles are the xylem and phloem. Food substances travel in the _____________ and water and salts are mainly conducted in the ______________.

• xylem; phloem

• phloem; xylem

• vessels; sieve tubes

• vascular bundles:vessels

The diagram shows a section through a typical leaf.

How does water move from point X to point Y?

• diffusion and evaporation only

• evaporation only

• osmosis, evaporation and diffusion

• osmosis only