chapter 29

Question 1

rely on surface water

Answer 1

bryophytes

Question 2

are able to pull water from soil

Answer 2

vascular plants

Question 3

fluids are transported in?

Answer 3

vascular tissues

Question 3

a suite of biochemical traits that allows cells to survive extreme dehydration by minimizing damage to membranes and macromolecule

Answer 3

desiccation tolerance

Question 4

2 types of vascular tissues?

Answer 4

xylem and phloem

Question 5

xylem

Answer 5

transports water

Question 6

phloem

Answer 6

transpors carbohydrates

Question 7

everything that is neither epidermis nor vascular tissues

Answer 7

ground tissue

Question 8

ground tissue is?

Answer 8

most of them are parenchyma, thin walled cells that perfume metabolic functions including photosynthesis and storage of nutrients, carbo, and water.

Question 9

transpiration

Answer 9

loss of water vapour from leaves

Question 10

principle site of photosynthesis

Answer 10

leaf

Question 11

epidermal cells secrete a ______ on their outer surface that limits water loss

Answer 11

waxy cuticle

Question 12

what does a cuticle do

Answer 12

slows down diffusion of CO2 into the leaf even as it resticts water vapour from diffusing out of it