Plant Growth and Transport

What does a plant transport system transport?

• water and food 
• oxygen, water and food 
• oxygen and water 
• oxygen, carbon dioxide, food and water

Plant absorbs water through the _________. 

• stem
• roots 
• leaves 
• all of the above

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Plants make food using ____________ and _________ in the presence of sunlight.

• water, oxygen 
• water, carbon dioxide 
• minerals, oxygen
• minerals, carbon dioxide

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Plant loses water through the ________. 

• roots 
• stomata 
• chlorophyll
• stem

A higher temperature will cause the plant to  _________ water.

• lose more
• lose less 
• stop losing

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Water is transported from roots to shoots and leaves in:

• Xylem
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll

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Sugars made in leaves are transported in:

• xylem
• Phloem
• chloroplast
• stomata

What is transpiration?

• The loss of water from leaves by osmosis
• The uptake of water through root hair cells
• The evaporation and diffusion of water from inside leaves

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