Transpiration 2025

What is an adaptation to reduce transpiration in plants?

• Broader leaves

• Stunted growth

• More stomata

• Narrow leaves

What is the process of transpiration?

• Excess water being released from the stomata in the form of water vapor

• Excess sugar being released from the leave

• The way a plant makes its food

• When the plant uses sugar for energy

Water is transported from stems to leaves through what tissue in the plant?

• xylem

• phloem

• stems

• roots

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

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What is significance of transpiration

• Creates suction force

• Helps in distribution of water and nutrients

• Cooling effect for plants

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

More root hairs (which increase surface area in the roots) will lead to

• Less transpiration

• More transpiration

• Closure of stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water is absorbed by the plant's roots, and transpiration takes place as the water exits the ________?

• stomata

• xylem

• roots

• stem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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

• Stomata=>Root hair cell=>Xylem

• Root hair cell=>Xylem=>Stomata

• Xylem=>Stomata=>Root hair cell

Xylem tubes are made of...

• Dead cells

• Living cells

What is the name of the cells that control the opening and closing of the stomata?

• guard cells

• xylem cells

• parenchyma cells

• transpiration holes