Plant Transport

What does xylem transport?

• Water and minerals

• Water only

• Sugar

• Food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

• Upward

• Down

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What does phloem transport?

• Water

• Minerals

• Fruit

• Sugar

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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-LS2-3

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Xylem and Phloem are both __.

• Transpiration

• Absorption

• Photosynthesis

• Vascular tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

what is the function of root hair?

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

Water vapour exits a plant leaf by

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Stomata are made of specialized cells called ______ which surround a tiny pore/opening

• stoma

• guard cells

• dermal cells

• diffusion channels

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The main function of stomata is to

• capture sunlight

• protect leaves from insects

• allow gases to move rapidly in/out of leaves

• release sugars into the atmosphere

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