Turgor Pressure

This plant will most likely be _______________.

• Limp or wilted

• stiff and rigid

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This plant would most likely be __________________.

• Limp or wilted

• Stiff and rigid

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A plant that is wilted is said to have . . .

• High turgor pressure

• Medium turgor pressure

• Low turgor pressure

• Negative homeostasis

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This force is created by water filling up the vacuoles, and gives a plant rigidity and shape so that it does not wilt.

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Turgor Pressure

• Tropism

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A plant's roots grow in a downward direction in response to what force?

• Sunlight

• Gravity

• Soil

• Turgor pressure

__________occurs when a plant's stem grows up and its roots grow down.

• External stimulus

• Geotropism

• Turgor pressure

• Fight of flight

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What do you do when you see your plant like this?

• Nothing, it's fine

• Water it because it has high turgor pressure

• Water it because it has low turgor pressure

• Breathe carbon dioxide into it

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Which diagram provides evidence of how gravity affects root formation in a sprouting seed?

• Seed A

• Seed B

• Seed C

• Seed D

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The outward force exerted by water on the cell wall of a plant cell is -

• turgor pressure.

• tropisms.

• photosynthesis.

• germination.

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A student placed a flower in a vase but forgot to add water. The picture shows the flower’s appearance after a few days. What force contributed to the flower’s appearance?

• Gravity

• Too much turgor pressure

• Geotropism

• Loss of turgor pressure

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