Transport in Plants

what is the function of root hair?

• it is place to store the food
• it has large surface area to absorb more water

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How do water enter the roots from the soil?

• diffusion
• osmosis
• transpiration
• active transport

Water vapour exits a plant leaf by

• the stomata
• the epidermis
• the palisade cells
• the spongy mesophyll

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Transpiration is

• the movement of water through a plant from the roots up the stem
• the loss of water from the leaves of a plant by the process of evaporation
• the flow of water into plant roots by osmosis from the soil
• the process of minerals and sugars moving through plant veins

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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This is the definition for which word:The movement of water molecules from a high concentration of water to a low concentration of water across a partially permeable membrane.

• Osmosis
• Diffusion
• Active transport
• Transpiration

Which of these is true?

• Xylem vessels carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant
• Phloem tissue carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant
• Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose up and down the plant

Water and minerals move in which direction within the plant

• Upward

• Down

Plant transports food made in the leaves to __________. 

• roots 
• stem
• flowers 
• all of the above

Xylem vessel elements are strengthened by

• lignin
• cellulose
• melanin
• pericycle

There are more chloroplasts in the palisade mesophyll cells than in spongy mesophyll cells.

• True
• False