Plant Transport Systems

Question 1

What do plants need transport systems for

Answer 1

Transport water, minerals and glucose

Question 2

Cuticle

Answer 2

Waterproof layer that reduces water loss from leaf

Question 3

Upper epidermis cells

Answer 3

Protects leaf and allows light to pass through to the layer below

Question 4

Palisade mesophyll cells

Answer 4

Absorbs light for photosynthesis

Question 5

Spongy mesophyll cells

Answer 5

Absorbs light for photosynthesis

Question 6

Vein

Answer 6

Xylem: transports water from soil to leaf for photosynthesis
Phloem: transports sugar from photosynthesising cells to rest of the plant

Question 7

Air spaces

Answer 7

Allows the diffusion of gases within the leaf

Question 8

Stoma

Answer 8

Allows the carbon dioxide to enter the leaf and oxygen to exit the leaf

Question 9

Guard cells

Answer 9

CONTROLS gas exchange between the leaf and the air outside the leaf

Question 10

Transpiration

Answer 10

Water moves up the plant and is lost by evaporation from stomata in plant leaves

Question 11

What is the rate of transpiration controlled by

Answer 11

Stomata