Water Potential Practice

What is the term used by botanists to predict the movement of water into and out of plant cells?

• Osmosis

• Turgor

• Equilibrium

• Solute potential

What prevents a plant cell from bursting if it takes on too much water?

• Cell membrane

• Cell wall

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

In a hypotonic environment, what happens to a plant cell?

• It shrinks

• It bursts

• It remains the same

• It takes on water until water pressure builds up

What is the measure of how likely water is to move from one location to another?

• Water concentration

• Water potential

• Water pressure

• Water equilibrium

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

What is the effect of solutes on a solution's overall water potential?

• Increases water potential

• Decreases water potential

• Has no effect on water potential

• Creates equilibrium

What is the physical pressure that increases water potential in plant cells called?

• Turgor pressure

• Solute pressure

• Equilibrium pressure

• Osmotic pressure

What is the total water potential equation?

• Y = Ys + Yp

• Y = Ys - Yp

• Y = Ys * Yp

• Y = Ys / Yp

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

What is the solute potential equation?

• s = -iCRT

• s = iCRT

• s = i / CRT

• s = i * CRT

What is the pressure potential for pure water in an open container?

• 0

• 1

• -1

• 2

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Mathematical Equivalence

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