Transportation in Animals and Plants

Platelets 

• allow for gases to exchange
• give blood its color
• fight infection and disease
• help clot blood

The smallest type of blood vessel is the:

• nerve
• vein
• capillary
• artery

Recall that the movement of food in the phloem is called.

• Translocation

• Transpiration stream

• Evaporation

• Respiration

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Type of device that records the electrical signal from your heart to check for different heart conditions.?

• AED

• MRI

• ECG

• CAT Scan

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What is the largest artery in the human body called?

• Superior Vena Cava
• Aorta
• Inferior Vena Cava
• Pulmonary Artery

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

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

• Chlorophyll
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Xylem

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

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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

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