1What tissue transports water and minerals in solution?
Xylem tissue
2What does phloem transport?
Sugars and amino acids
3What does xylem tissue carry?
Water and minerals
4What moves up a plant against gravity?
Water
5What helps move water up plants?
Cohesion and tension
6Where does water evaporate from in plants?
Leaves
7What pulls water into the leaf?
Water molecules
8How do water molecules move in xylem?
Through capillary action
9Where do water molecules exit in the plant?
Stomata
10What is the process of water loss from the surface of the plant?
Transpiration
11What causes transpiration?
Evaporation of water
12What can be used to estimate transpiration rate?
A potometer
13What do you measure with a potometer?
Rate of transpiration
14What increases transpiration?
Wind and humidity
15What can affect the transpiration rate in plants?
Light
16What does light affect in transpiration?
Rate of transpiration
17What happens when it’s dark and stomata are closed?
Less transpiration
18What happens when air is humid?
Transpiration slows
19What does temperature do to transpiration?
Increases rate
20How can you measure the rate of transpiration?
Using a potometer
21What might you need to dissect to observe xylem?
Plant stem
22What tools can you use to dissect plants?
Scalpel and tweezers
23What does xylem carry in addition to water?
Minerals
24How is transpiration increased?
By higher temperature
25What increases transpiration due to wind?
Movement of air
26What do you use to dissect a plant?
Scalpel