Section 24-2 Quiz Transport In Vascular Plants
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- 1.What is transpiration?
- A.
The loss of water from a plant through its stomata
- B.
The movement of sugars through a plant from a source to sink
- C.
A part of a plant to which sugar is needed for metabolism
- D.
When water evaporates from a plant
- 2.What is the tension-cohesion theory?
- A.
Mass will remain tense uhless acted upon by cohesion
- B.
Theory that water moves up a plant because of its cohesive properties and because of tension created by the loss of water from the leaves through transpiration
- C.
The speed of light undergoes tension when passing the sun, and cohesion when in the shadow of a planet
- D.
Water moves up a plant because of its tension properties and because of cohesion created by the loss of water from through its stomata
- 3.What properties of water assist in its rise up a plant?
- A.
Water is a polar substance, it can adhere to other polar substances
- B.
It is a liquid, made up of carbon dioxide bonds
- C.
It can adhere to other liquids, it resists oil
- D.
It heats up quickly, it doesn't burn the plant
- 4.How do guard cells regulate the rate of transpiration?
- A.
Guard cells cause the stoma to open and close
- B.
Guard cells prevent water from entering the stoma
- C.
Guard cells let water flow freely through the stoma
- D.
None of the above
- 5.What is a sink?
- A.
The part of a plant to which water is delivered
- B.
The part of the plant that provides sugar
- C.
The part of a plant to which sugar is delivered
- D.
The part of the plant that performs photosynthesis
- 6.What do potassium ions do when they enter a pair of guard cells?
- A.
The cells take in water by mitosis
- B.
The cells take in water by meiosis
- C.
The cells take in water by photosynthesis
- D.
The cells take in water by osmosis
- 7.Water flows freely through full xylem cells
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Sugar must pass through the cytoplasm of living cells
- A.
True
- B.
False
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