plant transport

Question 1

Vascular tissue

Answer 1

Plant tissue containing xylem and phloem tissue

Question 2

Cambuim

Answer 2

Made of meristem cells, structure gices strength and flexible support to the stem and resistanceto bending strain

Question 3

Phloem

Answer 3

Plant tissue used to transport sucrose and dissolved amino acids up and down the plant

Question 4

Xylem

Answer 4

Plant tissue that transports water and dissolved ions up the plant

Question 5

Lignin

Answer 5

Strong waterproof substance found in the walls of xylem vessel

Question 6

Sieve tube element

Answer 6

A cell found in phloem tissue through which sucrose and amino acids are transported

Question 7

Campanion cell

Answer 7

Cells found in phloem tissue that are closely associated with sieve tube elements and provide the ATP needed for translocation

Question 8

Plasmodesmata

Answer 8

Direct connections between the cytoplasm of adjacent plant cells

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

Loss of water vapour from leaf

Question 10

Potometer

Answer 10

Piece of equipment that measures water uptake by a plant

Question 11

Guard cell

Answer 11

Cells which surround a stomata and can control the opening and closing of the stomata

Question 12

Stomata

Answer 12

Small holes in the epidermis of a leaf surrounded by two guard cells

Question 13

Casparian strip

Answer 13

Found in the cell wallsof the endodermis in the root which contains a waterproof substance called suberin

Question 14

cohession

Answer 14

attractive force that holds water molecules together by hydrogen bonds

Question 15

adhesion

Answer 15

force that attracts molecules of water to a surface by hydrogen bonds

Question 16

xerophyte

Answer 16

plant that is adapted to live in conditions where water is in short supply or difficulct to obtain

Question 17

Translocation

Answer 17

Transport of sucrose and amino acids made by the plant in phloem tissue

Question 18

Source

Answer 18

releases sucrose into the phloem

Question 19

sink

Answer 19

removes sucrose from the phloem

Question 20

assimilate

Answer 20

substances made by a plant during photosynthesis

Question 21

Apoplast pathway

Answer 21

water moves through the cell walls

Question 22

symplast pathway

Answer 22

water moves through the cytoplasm and plasmodesmata

Question 23

vacuolar pathway

Answer 23

water travels from vacuole to vacuole