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3.3 Plant Transport Flashcards

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1
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Why do plants need a transport system?

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Because of their large size, high metabolic rate, and SA:V

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What is the function of xylem tissues?

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To transport water and mineral ions up the plant, and provide structural support to stems etc.

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What is the function of phloem tissue?

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To transport sugars/ solutes in solution up and down the plant from source to sink

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Which plant vascular tissue is made from dead cells and which alive?

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Xylem- Dead

Phloem- Living

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Why do xylem cells have no end walls?

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To make uninterrupted tube for water flow in a column

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Xylem cells are supported by _____.

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Lignin

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How is lignin deposited on xylem vessel walls, and why?

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In spirals or rings to allow flexibility and growth space

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How does water move out of xylem vessels?

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Through pits with no lignin

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9
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What are parenchyma?

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Living cells which act as packing tissue between xylem vessels to support and separate them

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What is sap made of?

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Sucrose dissolved in water

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What does phloem tissue consist of?

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Sieve tube elements and companion cells

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What are sieve plates?

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End sieve tube element walls with many holes to allow assimilates through

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Why do sieve tube elements have no nucleus, little cytoplasm and organelles?

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To allow space for mass flow of sap to go through them

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Why does a plant root need a lot of support?

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To push through the soil and to anchor the plant

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How are vascular tissues arranged in a root?

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Xylem in an X in the middle with phloem around it

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What is cambium?

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Meristem cells that can produce vascular tissue

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What is a vascular bundle?

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Xylem, phloem and cambium

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How is plant vascular tissue arranged in stems?

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Vascular bundles found around outer edge of stem, with xylem inside and phloem outside with cambium in the middle

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Why are vascular bundles found around the outer edge of the stem?

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To provide strength, support and flexibility

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How are xylem and phloem arranged in a plant leaf vein?

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Xylem on top of phloem

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What is the middle part of a leaf called?

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Central midrib

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Why do you cut a plant cross section (for examination) as thinly as possible?

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To allow max light to pass through so structures are clear under light microscope

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Why do you place a thin plant cross section in water before examining?

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To prevent drying out

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How do you stain a plant specimen cut thinly?

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Place in dish containing stain for 1 min, then remove and rinse with water

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What is a potometer used for?

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To measure rate of water uptake of a plant and estimate the transpiration rate

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Why do we set up a potometer underwater?

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To ensure no air bubbles enter apparatus

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How do you ensure that no air enters the xylem from a cut stem?

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Cut it underwater

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Why do we cut the stem at an angle?

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To maximise SA in contact with water

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What can you do to ensure a potometer experiment is fair?

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Dry leaves before starting, allow time for plant to acclimatise before starting,ensure plant is healthy

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How does water enter the roots of a plant?

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Drawn in my osmosis, down water potential gradient

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Cellulose cell walls are fully ________ permeable.

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Water

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Plant cells are joined together by _______________.

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Plasmodesmata- cell channels

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33
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What is the symplast pathway?

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Water travels through the living cell parts (cytoplasm, vacoule)

34
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How does water move through the symplast pathway?

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Osmosis

35
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What is the apoplast pathway?

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Water travels through the non living cell parts (cell walls)

36
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Water can carry dissolved mineral ions and salts through the ________ pathway.

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Apoplast

37
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How does water move through the apoplast pathway?

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Mass flow ( not osmosis as no membranes crossed, moves by pressure gradient )

38
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The _______ pathway is used more because it provides the least resistance.

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Apoplast

39
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What is the Casparian strip and what does it do?

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A waxy strip that forces water to take the symplast pathway

40
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Why is the Casparian strip useful?

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Water must pass through the symplast pathway which has a partially permeable membrane which can control entry of substances.

41
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________ and ________ help water move up the transpiration stream against gravity.

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Cohesion and tension

42
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How is tension made in the transpiration stream?

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Water evaporates at the top creating suction and a pressure gradient, pulling water up towards the leaf

43
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Why is cohesion useful?

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Water molecules stick together by hydrogen bonds and follow each other up the transpiration stream, making an uninterrupted column of water

44
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What is adhesion?

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Water molecules stick to xylem vessel walls

45
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What is transpiration?

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A side effect of gas exchange, the loss of water vapour from the top of the plant

46
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Why is transpiration a side effect of gas exchange?

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Stomata must be open for gas exchange but in the process let out water vapour

47
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In what ways is transpiration vital to a plants survival?

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Transports mineral ions up the plant, maintains cell turgidity, supplies water for photosynthesis, helps maintain temperature.

48
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Why does light intensity increase transpiration rate?

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When light, stomata are open for photosynthesis gas exchange, when dark stomata are normally closed

49
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Why does temperature increase transpiration rate?

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  • Higher temp increases evaporation of water rate

- Diffusion rate increases

50
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Why does humidity decrease transpiration rate?

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More water in air decreases water vapour potential gradient

51
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Why does wind increase transpiration rate?

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Water vapour blown away from stomata so water vapour potential gradient steeper

52
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How does water move through xylem?

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Mass flow in transpiration stream

53
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What is root pressure?

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When water is drawn into the root by osmosis pressure builds up forcing water into xylem and up the stem

54
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What is translocation?

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The movement of dissolved substances to where they’re needed through phloem tissue

55
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Translocation requires _______ from ___.

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Energy from ATP

56
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In what direction does translocation occur?

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From source to sink,down a concentration and pressure gradient.

57
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Why are sugars transported as sucrose?

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As its soluble and metabolically inactive so it doesn’t get used up during transport

58
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How do enzymes maintain the concentration gradient at the sink end?

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By converting the assimilate to something else at the sink, e.g. sucrose to starch

59
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What is active loading?

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Active transport used to move substances into companion cells and sieve tubes against a concentration gradient

60
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How does active loading work?

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H+ are pumped out companion cell creating conc gradient, then H+ and solute bind to a cotransport protein and re-enter cell by facilitated diffusion.

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How does mass flow in phloem work?

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High hydrostatic pressure at source end, low hydrostatic pressure at sink end creating pressure gradient for sap to travel down.

62
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What does a waxy cuticle do?

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Reduces water lost from top of leaf by evaporation

63
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Why are stomata found on the underside of leaves?

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To prevent evaporation of water from direct sun heating

64
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Why do deciduous plants lose their leaves in the winter?

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Because water may be frozen (unavailable) or it may be too cold for photosynthesis

65
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What is a xerophyte?

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A plant adapted to live in dry conditions

66
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What is the main concern for a xerophyte?

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Losing water through transpiration and being unable to replace it

67
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What are the two examples of xerophytes?

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Cacti and marram grass

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Why does marram grass have its stomata in sunken pits with hairs?

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Shelter stomata from wind, traps humid air, reduces water loss

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Why does marram grass have a dense spongey mesophyll?

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Little air gaps to reduce SA for evaporation

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Why do xerophytes have a long tap root?

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To take advantage of any rain and to get the maximum amount of water possible

71
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Why do cacti have ribs and flutes?

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Because they store water in their stems and they need to expand when full of water

72
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Why do xerophytes try to have a low water potential inside cells with a high salt content?

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To reduce water vapour potential gradient between cells and outside air

73
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Why do cacti have spines?

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Reduce SA for evaporation of water, and to prevent being eaten by predators

74
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Why do cacti have a green stem?

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To carry out photosynthesis

75
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What are hydrophytes?

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Plants adapted to living in water

76
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What is the main concern of a hydrophyte?

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Oxygen availability for submerged tissues and keeping affloat

77
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Why do hydrophytes need to stay affloat?

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So that the leaves can access sunlight for photosynthesis

78
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Why do hydrophytes have lots of large air spaces in the leaf?

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To keep affloat and be a supply of oxygen

79
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Why do hydrophytes have stomata on upper leaf surface?

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So they can be exposed to air for gas exchange

80
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Why do hydrophytes leaf stems have large air spaces?

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To help with buoyancy and to allow oxygen to quickly diffuse to roots and submerged parts of the plant for respiration.

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