Plant Transport

Plants make food using ____________ and _________ in the presence of sunlight.

• water, oxygen 
• water, carbon dioxide 
• minerals, oxygen
• minerals, carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What does a plant transport system transport (carry)?

• water and food

• oxygen, water and food

• oxygen and water

• oxygen, carbon dioxide, food and water

The xylem and phloem make up the

• plants protection system.

• plants vascular bundles.

• plants root system.

• plants photosynthesis system.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does xylem transport?

• Water and minerals

• Water only

• Sugar

• Food

What does phloem transport?

• Water

• Minerals

• Fruit

• Sugar

What do the guard cells do?

• Control active transport

• Control nutrients moving into the cell

• Controls the rate of transpiration (loss of water through the leaf)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

• Upward

• Down

The waxy layer on a leaf that helps to prevent water loss.

• epidermis

• palisade layer

• cuticle

• mesophyll

Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is know as ______.

• Chlorophyll
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Xylem

Plants absorb water through the _________.

• stem

• roots

• leaves

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1