Xylem

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1
What tissue transports water and minerals in solution?
Xylem tissue
2
What does phloem transport?
Sugars and amino acids
3
What does xylem tissue carry?
Water and minerals
4
What moves up a plant against gravity?
Water
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What helps move water up plants?
Cohesion and tension
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Where does water evaporate from in plants?
Leaves
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What pulls water into the leaf?
Water molecules
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How do water molecules move in xylem?
Through capillary action
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Where do water molecules exit in the plant?
Stomata
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What is the process of water loss from the surface of the plant?
Transpiration
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What causes transpiration?
Evaporation of water
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What can be used to estimate transpiration rate?
A potometer
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What do you measure with a potometer?
Rate of transpiration
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What increases transpiration?
Wind and humidity
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What can affect the transpiration rate in plants?
Light
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What does light affect in transpiration?
Rate of transpiration
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What happens when it’s dark and stomata are closed?
Less transpiration
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What happens when air is humid?
Transpiration slows
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What does temperature do to transpiration?
Increases rate
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How can you measure the rate of transpiration?
Using a potometer
21
What might you need to dissect to observe xylem?
Plant stem
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What tools can you use to dissect plants?
Scalpel and tweezers
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What does xylem carry in addition to water?
Minerals
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How is transpiration increased?
By higher temperature
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What increases transpiration due to wind?
Movement of air
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What do you use to dissect a plant?
Scalpel
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