Plant Review Questions

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

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll
• Xylem

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

• Chlorophyll
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Xylem

what is the function of root hair?

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

How does 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

Transpiration travels from...

• roots to leaves to stem

• roots to stem to leaves

• leaves to stem to roots

• stem to roots to leaves

What term responds to touch?

• Thigmotropism

• Gibberellins

• Geotropism

Where is xylem found in the plant?

• leave -> roots -> stem

• roots -> stem -> leaves

• root hairs -> leaves -> veins

• stem -> roots

What do the guard cells do?

• Control active transport

• Control nutrients moving into the cell

• Controls the rate of transpiration (loss of water through the leaf)

What does phloem transport?

• Water

• Minerals

• Fruit

• Sugar