AP Ch 37 Outline Quiz
Let’s take another look at plants in this AP Ch 37 Outline Quiz, shall we? In this one we’ll be focusing primarily on the topic of Plant Nutrients, asking you a host of questions regarding trees, water, the Casparian strip, the plasma membrane, epiphytes and much more! How well will you do?
- 1.Which element is NOT one of the three most common ones in a plant?
- A.
Oxygen
- B.
Sulfur
- C.
Carbon
- D.
Hydrogen
- 2.The plasma membrane of plant cells
- A.
Actively transports water into the cell.
- B.
Allows the entry of all minerals equally.
- C.
Actively transports some mineral ions into the cell.
- D.
Concentrates minerals up to 100 times as much as in the soil.
- 3.An epiphyte is a plant that
- A.
Is not able to carry out photosynthesis.
- B.
Does not have roots but absorbs nutrients from the air.
- C.
Has a relationship with mycorrhizal fungi on its roots.
- D.
Has a relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria on its roots.
- 4.Which of these is most likely to be produced by the plant in usable amounts?
- A.
Minerals
- B.
Water
- C.
Oxygen
- D.
Carbon dioxide
- 5.Which term describes forcing water out of the plant at the edges of its leaves?
- A.
Which term describes forcing water out of the plant at the edges of its leaves?
- B.
Atmospheric pressure
- C.
Root pressure
- D.
Guttation
- E.
Transpiration
- 6.Which force pushes water into the xylem as osmosis moves water into the root?
- A.
Water stress
- B.
Atmospheric pressure
- C.
Root pressure
- D.
Guttation
- E.
Transpiration
- 7.Which statement is NOT true about stomates?
- A.
As guard cells become turgid, the stomates open.
- B.
There are two guard cells around each stomate.
- C.
Guard cells take up potassium ions and water enters the guard cells.
- D.
Guard cells surrounding stomates lack chloroplasts that other epidermal cells contain.
- E.
Stomates open and close on a daily basis, even if kept in the dark, on a circadian rhythm.
- 8.The main component of phloem is
- A.
Hormones.
- B.
Amino acids.
- C.
Sucrose.
- D.
Glucose.
- E.
Lipids.
- 9.A stomate allows carbon dioxide into the leaf and water out of the leaf.
- A.
True
- B.
Fasle
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