Plant Function and Transport

The green substance in plant that makes it possible for them to make food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Chlorophyll

• Lignin

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Vascular tissue that forms tubes that transport dissolves food throughout a plant

• Nonvascular plant

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Root hair

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Process by which plants capture sunlight to use its energy to transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen

• Transpiration

• Photosyntesis

• Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The_____________________absorbs nutrients from the ground.

• Leaves

• Roots

• Stem

WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE LITTLE PORES WHERE THE GASSES ARE EXCHANGED?

• Chloroplast

• Stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Where are carbohydrates made in a green leaf?

• cell vacuoles

• chloroplasts

• phloem

• xylem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The diagram shows part of a cross section through a leaf. Which arrow shows the direction of water during transpiration?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The diagram shows the stem of a plant. A strip of the outer tissue including the phloem has been removed. How is transport in the plant affected?

• Amino acids and sugar cannot pass to the roots.
• Dissolved salts cannot pass to the leaves.
• Water cannot pass to the leaves.
• Water cannot pass to the roots

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select the correct term for the following definition:

"The water transport system in plants."

• Guard cells

• Phloem

• Xylem

Select which of the following statements are true for xylem. (multiple options)

• Tubular shape with no end walls.

• Transportation of food and nutrients.

• Elongated, tubular shape with thin walled sieve tubes.

• Occupy the center of the vascular bundle.

• Water and mineral transport from roots to other parts of the plant.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3