Unit 2 "Plants for food and fiber"

Question 1

A movement of liquid or gas from high concentration to low concentration.

Answer 1

Diffusion

Question 2

Diffusion of water or any liquid through a semipermeable/differentially permeable membrane.

Answer 2

Osmosis

Question 3

Carries water and minerals- one-way flow up to leaves

Answer 3

Xylem

Question 4

Carries water and food (sugar) in a two-way flow to and from roots to leaves.

Answer 4

Phloem

Question 5

Absorb water and minerals, support and anchor the plant and store food for the plant.

Answer 5

Three main functions of roots?

Question 6

transport water and nutrients between leaves and roots, provide support and food storage for the plant.

Answer 6

Roles of stems

Question 7

What are leaves

Answer 7

energy producers of the plant.

Question 8

Waste products of photosynthesis

Answer 8

Glucose and Oxygen.

Question 9

What does photosynthesis require

Answer 9

Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight

Question 10

What happens to the products of photosynthesis

Answer 10

Glucose is used by the plant and oxygen is respired through the leaves=by product.

Question 11

Two processes involved in gas exchange

Answer 11

Transpiration & respiration.

Question 12

Stomata

Answer 12

Opening under the leaf that allows for gas exchange.

Question 13

Loss of water from a plant through evaporation.

Answer 13

Transpiration

Question 14

Process by which plants release carbon dioxide and take in oxygen→ happens more at night (when photosynthesis is not occurring).

Answer 14

Respiration