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Plant Transport Test-Grade 9

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 37mins

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Class
Date
1.

Sieve plates are present in the Sieve tubes of Phloem vessels in plants. What function do they serve in the transport of substances?

(a)  

2.

Which of the following does NOT affect rate of transpiration?

a)

Water available in the soil

b)

Temperature of the atmosphere around the plant

c)

Amount of sunlight present

d)

Amount of sucrose produced by the plant

3.

What do the guard cells do?

a)

Control active transport

b)

Control nutrients moving into the cell

c)

Controls the rate of gases entering leaf

d)

Controls the about of sunlight entering the leaves

4.

Phloem sieve tubes are considered living due the presence of this specialized structure. Name the structure in the space provided.

(a)  

5.

High concentration of______ in the soil leads to the movement of _______ into the roots hairs of plants by the process of Osmosis.

a)

Solutes, water

b)

Water, solutes

c)

Water, water

d)

Water, ions

6.

Where does sugar transport begin?

a)

Phloem

b)

Leaves

c)

Root hairs

d)

Vascular bundles

7.

Students are instructed to place leafy celery stalks into color water in a beaker overnight. The following day, the students observed the color of the celery leaves changed from green to red. The students cut across the edge of the celery and observed the small tube openings along the edge are also red.


Using the appropriate terms, how do these work together to make the movement of the liquid possible?

(a)  

8.

After water enters the plant, water travels from the root hair cells, through the _______ to the xylem vessels.

a)

phloem

b)

cortex cells

c)

mesophyll cells

d)

root hair cells

9.

An example of adhesion is...

a)

Water molecules sticking to each other

b)

Water molecules sticking to the walls of a straw

c)

Magnets sticking to a metal wall

d)

Gravity pulling water down

10.

How do mineral ions enter a plant?

a)

By osmosis with water molecules in root hair cells

b)

By active transport only in root hair cells

c)

Through the stomata in the epidermis of the root

d)

Through the roots by diffusion

11.

The plant transport system are made up of ____ types of tubes.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

Many

12.

How do Active transport and Diffusion differ from each other. State ONE difference.

(a)  

13.

Water vapour exits a plant leaf by

a)

The stomata

b)

The epidermis

c)

The root hair cells

d)

The guard cells

14.

Transpiration is

a)

The movement of water through a plant from the roots up the stem

b)

The loss of water from the leaves of a plant by the process of evaporation

c)

The flow of water into plant roots by osmosis from the soil

d)

The loss of water from the leaves of a plant by the process of condensation

15.

This is the definition for which word: "The movement of particles down a concentration gradient"

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Transpiration

16.

What happens to the transpiration rate as light intensity increases?

a)

It increases

b)

It stays the same

c)

It decreases

d)

None of the above

17.

Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant?

a)

Root hair cell --> xylem --> cortex --> stomata--> leaves

b)

Cortex -- > stomata --> root hair cell --> xylem --> Mesophyll

c)

Root hair cell --> cortex --> xylem --> leaves --> stomata

d)

Leaves --> xylem --> roots -->cortex -->stomata

18.

Transpiration is important as it ONLY

a)

Pulls water up the stems and into leaves

b)

Cools the plant through the evaporation process

c)

Transports water to leaves for photosynthesis

d)

All of the above

19.

What is the effect of increasing humidity in transpiration?

a)

It decreases transpiration rates

b)

It increases transpiration rates

c)

It doesn't impact the rate of transpiration

d)

It levels the transpiration rate

20.

Stomata are made of specialized cells called ______ which surround a tiny pore/opening

a)

Stoma

b)

Guard cells

c)

Dermal cells

d)

Epidermal cells

21.

The transport vessels wrapped together in a sheath are known as

a)

Vascular bundles

b)

The Phloem tubes

c)

Stomates

d)

Transport system

22.

Remember when you put the celery in the coloured water; What happened to the water by the next day if it was placed in front of a fan?

a)

The water would take20 minutes to travel up the stalk

b)

The water would stop moving up the stalk

c)

The water would take a shorter time to travel up the stalk

d)

The water would take a long time to travel up the stalk

23.

When we added red food coloring to the water, what did that prove?

a)

That capillarity is not at work

b)

That the process of root pressure was at work

c)

That transpiration pull is at work

d)

None of the above

24.

Recall what substance is used to thicken and strengthen xylem walls in woody plants.

a)

Protein

b)

Cellulose

c)

Lignin

d)

Glucose

25.

What is the name of cell on the right of this image?

a)

A xylem cell

b)

A root cell

c)

A phloem cell

d)

A root hair cell

26.

Identify the type of vascular bundles in the diagram above.

a)

Monocot root

b)

Dicot root

c)

Dicot stem

d)

Monocot stem

27.

Why do large multicellular organisms need transport systems while simple unicellular organisms do not?

a)

Large organisms have a much smaller surface area to volume ratio compared to smaller ones.

b)

Unicellular organisms have a much larger surface area to volume ratio than multicellular organisms.

c)

Unicellular organisms have a much smaller surface area to volume ratio than multicellular organisms.

d)

Large organisms have a much larger surface area to volume ratio compared to smaller ones

28.

Roots hair cells contain numerous (a)   which are essential in providing energy needed for active transport.

29.

Root pressure is a phenomenon seen in the roots of all plants. Would water be able to move to the xylem if there was an absence of pressure?

a)

Yes, because the process of Osmosis would still occur

b)

No, the water would flow back to the root hair cells

c)

Yes, due to transpiration the water would move to the xylem

d)

None of the above are true

30.

This image shows how materials move into various sized cells in a given amount of time. Why does one square cell have more pink coloring than the others?

a)

The surface area was too larger to get through

b)

The volume of the other cells was too large for the dye to get through

c)

There was not enough surface area for the dye to get through

d)

The volume was too low for the dye to stay in the square

31.

Microvilli, like root hairs on plants, are tiny projections that extend off the cell to increase the Surface Area. What purpose might that serve?

a)

Decreased absorption

b)

Better communication among cells

c)

Increased absorption

d)

Decreased diffusion

32.

Mineral salts in plants are MAINLY transported in the

a)

Cambium

b)

Phloem vessels

c)

Companion cells

d)

Xylem vessels

33.

The question mark represents what structure in the image above?

(a)  

34.

The question mark represents what structure in the image above?

(a)  

35.

The figure above shows the transport vessels in a flowering plant.

Identify the vessels P and Q in the figure.

(a)  

36.

Describe TWO (2) ways in which vessel P is suited for its function.

(a)