PLANT NUTRITION

Carbon dioxide is absorbed through the

• Stoma

• Cuticle

• Vessel

• Palisade Cells

In order to make proteins, plants need to absorb

• Magnesium Ions

• Nitrate Ions

• Sucrose

• Carbon Dioxide

Chlorophyll is the ___ pigment found in the chloroplast

• Blue

• Green

• Red

• Purple

The arrows in the diagram all point to the

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

The orange colored part of the leaf in the diagram refers to the

• Vessels

• Stoma

• Epidermis

• Mesophyll Layer

The following are leaf adaptations for photosynthesis EXCEPT

• Thin

• Contains Chlorophyll

• Contains Root Hair

• Contains Stoma and Guard Cells

The part of the leaf that enables it to hold water by stopping water from escaping through evaporation

• Cuticle

• Palisade Cells

• Xylem

• Epidermis

Part of the leaf which allows the diffusion of gases to occur

• Palisade Cells

• Spongy Mesophyll Cells

• Epidermis

• Phloem

The following are important uses of glucose in plants EXCEPT

• source of energy

• creation of cell membrane

• building of protein molecule

• creation of starch

The following ions are necessary for the plants to absorb EXCEPT

• Nitrate

• Phosphate

• Magnesium

• Manganese