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Lesson 4: Plant tissue Flashcards

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What is the function of the palisade mesophyll?

How is it adapted

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  • The site of photosynthesis
  • Many chloroplasts to absorb light energy by photosynthesis.
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What is the function of the upper epidermal tisssue?

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  • Secretes wax to ensure water doesn’t evaporate from surface.
  • Protects plant from infection.
  • Transparent –> allows light to pass through to palisade mesophyll.
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How is epidermis tissue adapted to allow a good amount of light to reach palisade cells?

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  • The tissue is transparent.
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What is the adaptation of spongy mesophyll tissue?

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  • Cells have irregular shape to allow gases to diffuse in and out of leaf easily.
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What is meristem tissue?

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  • Tissue that contains cells that can differentiate itnto any type of cell.
  • Found at tips of shoots and roots.
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Why is meristem tissue important?

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  • Meristem tissue allows the plant to grow.
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What does the waxy cuticle layer prevent?

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  • Reduces water evaporating
  • Prevents plant from wilting.
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What is the function of the xylem?
How is it specialised to carry out this function?

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Function: Xylem are dead cells that transport water and mineral ions up plant from roots to leaves.
Specialisation
- Made of hollow tubes (no end walls)
- Strengthened by lignin to give strength to plant.
- No internal structures –> water flows more easily.
- Lignin = tough + waterproof

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What important ion is used to make chlorophyll?

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  • Magnesium.
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True or False

A leaf is a tissue

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False. it is an organ and contains many different tissues.

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What is the function of the phloem?
How is it specialised to carry out this function?

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Function: Phloem are living cells that transport dissolved sugar (from photosynthesis) up and down the plant for storage or immediate use.
Specialisation:
- Cells are elongated
- Cell sap moves between cells via pores in seive plates (on end walls.)

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After sugar is transferred what can the plant cells do with it (2 options)?

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  • Can be used straight away ie. glucose in respiration
  • Can be stored ie. starch.
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What 3 main components form the plant organ system?

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  • Roots
  • Stem
  • Leaves
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Where are xylem found?

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  • Xylem are found in the stems of plants.
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What do sieve plates do in the phloem tissue?

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  • Sieve plates allow cell sap to move from one phloem cell to another.
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What type of cells make up the phloem?

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  • Elongated cells make up the phloem.
17
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What is the role of the organ system in plants?

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  • To transport substances around the plant.
18
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What is transpiration?

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  • Transpiration is the loss of water from surface of leaf by evaporation.
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Give the steps of the transpiration stream .

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1.) Water evaporates through the stomata via diffusion.
2.) Less water in leaves, more in roots
3.) Water travels from roots to leaves in the xylem
4..) Root hair cells will absorb water by osmosis, xylem tranport it.

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Why is transpiration important?

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  • Water for photosynthesis
  • Absorbs mineral ions important for plant.
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Why does rate of transpiration increase at high temp?

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  • Increased evaporation by diffusion because water particles have more energy.
  • So particles move further away
  • Increased concentration gradient.
  • So more water lost by the leaves.
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Why does rate of transpiration increase in low humidity?

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  • Less water vapour
  • High concentration gradient in water vapour.
  • Water evaporates from stomata by diffusion.
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Why does high wind speed increase the rate of transpiration?

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  • Wind removes water vapour around leaf.
  • Mantains concentration gradient
  • Allows more water to evporate by diffusion.
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Why does a high light intesnity increase the rate of transpiration?

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  • More photosynthesis
  • More water being drawn up
  • Stomata open
  • Allows water vapour to evaporate
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How does a plant ensure that it's not losing too much water?
1.) Waxy cuticle 2.) Stomata are at bottom (not exposed to sunlight)
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What is the transpiration stream?
- The movement of water from roots to leaves via the xylem tissue.
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What does evaporate mean in this sense?
- Water vapour escaping as a gas.
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What is translocation?
- Translocation is the movement of dissolved sugar through the phloem tissue.
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# Q.) Explain why translocation is important in plants.
- Moves sugars from leaves to other part of plant. - Where it can be used for respiration, growth, storage.
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Where does the phloem get water from to dissolve the sugar in the tube?
- Gains it by osmosis from xylem that is right next to it.
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# Q.) The data in the table show that species A is better adapted than species B to living in hot, dry deserts. Explain how.
- Stomata for A = open in dark and closed in light. - Stomata closed when it is hotter. - Heat increases rate of evaporation/ transpiration - So reduced water loss
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# Q.) The rate of mass loss between 0 and 30 minutes was very different from the rate of mass loss between 30 and 180 minutes. Suggest an explanation for the difference between the two rates.
- First 30 minutes may be less humid. - This increases the evaporation of water vapour.
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# Q.) Glucose is a product of photosynthesis. Give three uses which green plants make of glucose.
1.) Conversion to amino acids (growth.) 2.) Conversion to starch 3.) Respiration
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# Q.) Use information from the diagram to explain how this plant root is adapted for absorbing water. (3)
- Many root hairs - Provide large surface area - So there is more osmosis of water into root.
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# Q.) Magnesium deficiency symptoms include: *   yellow leaves *   stunted growth. Explain how a deficiency of magnesium could cause these symptoms. (5 marks)
- Lack of chlorophyll --> yellow leaves. - Less chloophyll = less sunglight absrobed. - Rate of photosynthesis decreases - Less glucose produced - Less glucose can be converted into protein for growth.
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How do the dissolved sugars in plants help growth?
- They are converted into protein for growth.
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# Q.) Suggest one explanation for the decrease in the rate of transpiration between 16:00 hours and 19:00 hours.
- Gets darker - Less stomata open
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# Q.) Explain, as fully as you can, why water was lost most rapidly under these conditions Conditions = high temp + wind .
- More evaporation . - Molecules move faster - Concentration gradient is mantained.
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What is the function of the lower epidermal tissue?
- Has pores called stomata - Stomata allow CO₂ to enter the leave O₂ to leave. - Stomata are controlled by guard cells.

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