Plant Processes

Which is NOT one of the three things that are necessary for photosynthesis?

• nitrogen

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

• water

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The food made by plants is called _____________.

• glucose

• organelles

• xylem

• water

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A plant's vascular system is a system of___________.

• tubes or vessels

• fruits and leaves

• flower petals

• palisade and spongy mesophyll

The vascular tissue that carries food to other parts of the plant is called _______________.

• stomata

• mesophyll

• organelles

• phloem

The vascular tissue that carries water to all areas of the plant is called _____________.

• xylem

• phloem

• mesophyll

• stimuli

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Water is taken in through the roots of a plant by _____________.

• photosynthesis

• osmosis

• respiration

• mesophyll

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The top and bottom layers of a leaf are flat, irregularly shaped cells called _________________ cells

• mesophyll

• phloem

• epidermal

• muscle

On the lower epidermal layer of leaves are small openings called ______________ which allow carbon dioxide and oxygen to pass through.

• glucose

• chloroplasts

• xylem

• stoma

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Photosynthesis occurs in the _______________ which are located on the inside layer of a leaf.

• mesophyll

• phloem

• epidermis

• stoma

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What happens in the first step of photosynthesis?

• Water molecules are split apart

• Glucose is created

• Bubbling and fizzing

• Nitrogen is fused

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