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Transport in Plants

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is know as ______.
a)
Chlorophyll
b)
Phloem
c)
Stomata
d)
Xylem
2.
Plant absorbs water through the _________. 
a)
stem
b)
roots 
c)
leaves 
d)
all of the above
3.
What is the name of the part of the root that allows water and minerals enter?
a)
root hairs
b)
epidermis
c)
phloem
d)
phyla
4.
what is the function of root hair?
a)
it is place to store the food
b)
it has large surface area to absorb more water
5.
How do water enter the roots from the soil?
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
transpiration
d)
active transport
6.
Water vapour exits a plant leaf by
a)
the stomata
b)
the epidermis
c)
the palisade cells
d)
the spongy mesophyll
7.
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 process of minerals and sugars moving through plant veins
8.

Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

a)

Upward

b)

Down

9.
Xylem vessel elements are strengthened by
a)
lignin
b)
cellulose
c)
melanin
d)
pericycle
10.
An example of adhesion is
a)
Water molecules sticking to each other
b)
Water molecules sticking to cellulose in xylem walls
c)
Magnets sticking to a metal wall
d)
Gravity pulling water down
11.

What is it called when water sticks to water?

a)

Cohesion

b)

Adhesion

c)

Capillary Action

d)

Xylem

12.

When the forces of cohesion and adhesion work together, water can move up the plant against the force of gravity by....

a)

Phototropism

b)

Geotropism

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Capillary Action

13.

Xylem tubes are made of...

a)

Dead cells

b)

Living cells

14.

Other than transporting water, what is a function of xylem?

a)

making food

b)

transporting food

c)

helping support the plant

d)

catching light

15.

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

a)

root hair cell --> xylem --> stomata

b)

stomata --> root hair cell --> xylem

c)

xylem --> stomata --> root hair cell

16.

The phenomenon whereby liquids will spontaneously move up tubes that have a very small bore.

a)

Transpiration Pull

b)

Root Pressure

c)

Capillarity

d)

Diffusion

17.

The continuous influx of water from the soil causes an upward force that develops in the roots.

a)

Capillarity

b)

Transpiration pull

c)

Osmosis

d)

Root pressure

18.

The column of water that is pulled upwards is known as the...

a)

Diffusion stream

b)

Transpiration stream

c)

Transpiration column

d)

Osmosis stream

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