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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When water moves through the plant's xylem, what phase is it in?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
What is the name of the microscopic holes in leaves that are opened and closed to allow water to TRANSPIRE?
water doors
stomata
leaf eyes
transpiration holes
If plants don't store up water, how does water leave the plant?
The roots get rid of excess water.
Most plants DO store water.
It is released from the leaves by TRANSPIRATION.
What is the purpose of the XYLEM?
To bring food from the soil to the whole plant.
To carry water and nutrients from the roots to the whole plant.
To carry food from the chloroplasts around to all parts of the plant.
What was the name of that specialized TISSUE that looked like red tubes or straws?
xylem
phloem
roots
stems
When you dissected the celery, what did the red-dyed parts look like?
Tiny red beads.
Long thin red strings.
When we added red food coloring to the water, what did that prove?
That the celery leaves caught the evaporating red water.
That the celery was absorbing all the red water.
That the water was passing through the celery all the way up to the leaves.
When we weighed the celery before and after leaving it, what did we notice?
It weighed a lot more (on average), because it had absorbed lots of water.
It weighed a little more (on average), but not as much as the missing water would weigh.
Its weight (on average) stayed the same.
Remember when you put the celery in the water? What happened to the water level by the next day?
The level dropped A LOT, because the celery absorbed it.
The level stayed the same, because the celery was dead.
The level dropped a little, because of evaporation.
The level dropped A LOT because of transpiration.
Adaptation to reduce transpiration
Broader leaves
Stunted growth
More stomata
Narrow leaves
