Chapter 2.8 Transport System

Question 0

Monocots usually have ______ systems in which the primary root remains small and many slender secondary roots grow from it in all directions

Answer 0

FIBROUS ROOT

Question 1

Most dicots have _______ systems in which the primary root grows straight down and remains larger than the secondary roots that branch out from it.

Answer 1

TAPROOT

Question 2

_______ is plant reproduction that does not involve flowers, seeds, or fruit.

Answer 2

VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION

Question 3

Growth in length is called _________

Answer 3

PRIMARY GROWTH

Question 4

Growth in diameter is called _______

Answer 4

SECONDARY GROWTH

Question 5

_______ is the continual movement of water from a solution of higher water content through a semipermeable membrane into a solution of lower water content

Answer 5

OSMOSIS

Question 6

A ______ membrane is a membrane that allows only certain molecules to pass through.

Answer 6

SEMIPERMEABLE

Question 7

_______ tissue carries water and nutrients from the root hairs to the leaves where the water is used in photosynthesis or released through the stomata.

Answer 7

XYLEM

Question 8

______ tissue carries sugars from the leaves to the stem and roots to be stored.

Answer 8

PHLOEM

Question 9

_______ pressure is the upward force that results as water enters the roots by osmosis

Answer 9

ROOT

Question 10

_______ is the tendency of water molecules to move up through a tiny space.

Answer 10

CAPILLARITY

Question 11

______ is evaporation from the leaves

Answer 11

TRANSPIRATION