Transport in Plants

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

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

• root hairs
• epidermis
• phloem
• phyla

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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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Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

• Upward

• Down

Xylem vessel elements are strengthened by

• lignin
• cellulose
• melanin
• pericycle

An example of adhesion is

• Water molecules sticking to each other
• Water molecules sticking to cellulose in xylem walls
• Magnets sticking to a metal wall
• Gravity pulling water down