Transport in Plants

1.
Which graph shows most clearly what will happen to the rate of transpiration as humidity
increases?
A B
rate of rate of
transpiration transpiration
humidity humidity
C D
rate of rate of
transpiration transpiration
humidity humidity
2. The diagram shows a potted plant and the same plant 24 hours later.
24 hours
What causes the change in the appearance of the plant?
A Water loss is greater than water uptake.

B Water moves from the leaves to the stem.
C Water uptake is equal to water loss.
D Water uptake is greater than water loss.
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3. Which process is an example of translocation?
A absorption of water by the roots and its movement through the xylem to the leaves
B loss of water from the leaves as it evaporates into the air
C movement of sucrose from the leaves through phloem to other parts of the plant
D the process by which plants use the food produced by photosynthesis to obtain energy
4. By which process is water lost from a leaf?
A active transport
B diffusion
C osmosis
D photosynthesis
5. The lower end of a plant stem is placed in water coloured with red dye. After three hours, the
stem is cut as shown in the diagram.
Which labelled region is stained red?
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6. Which process is used to transport sucrose from the leaves of a plant to its flowers?
A diffusion
B osmosis
C translocation
D transpiration
7. What is transported in the phloem and what is the direction of transport?
A starch, up and down

B starch, up only
C sucrose, down and up
D sucrose, down only
8. In which order does water pass through the cells of a plant, as the water travels from the roots to
a leaf?
A mesophyll cells  root hair  root cortex  xylem
B root cortex  root hair  xylem  mesophyll cells
C root hair  mesophyll cells  root cortex  xylem
D root hair  root cortex  xylem  mesophyll cells
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9. The diagram shows a plant shoot and the same shoot six hours later.
plant shoot same shoot six hours later
Which change in environmental conditions could cause this change in the shoot?
A a decrease in available water

B a decrease in light intensity
C a decrease in wind speed
D an increase in humidity
10. A celery stalk is placed in a beaker of blue dye. Once the dye reaches the leaves, the stalk is
taken out and cut in half.
celery stalk
cut
blue dye
Which diagram shows the appearance of the cut end of the stalk?
A B C D
blue dye blue dye blue dye
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11. The diagram shows a cross-section through a plant root.
Q shows the part that is stained red when the root is placed in water containing a red dye.
What is found at Q?
A guard cells
B palisade cells
C phloem
D xylem
12. Which processes produce a continuous space for the flow of water in xylem vessels?
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13. Some liquid is collected from the xylem in the stem of a plant.
What is present in the liquid?
A cellulose
B inorganic ions
C starch
D sugar
14. What is a function of phloem?

A translocation
B transpiration
C storage of food
D support
15. The diagram shows part of the trunk of a small tree with a ring of bark removed. Removing the
ring of bark takes away phloem but leaves the xylem intact.
upper
branch
ring of bark xylem

removed here
phloem
lower
branch
What effect will removing the bark have on the two branches?
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16. The table shows some characteristics of four different plants.
The plants are growing in the same environmental conditions.
Which plant will have the highest rate of transpiration?
17. A decrease in which factor normally causes transpiration rate to increase?

A humidity
B light intensity
C stomatal opening
D temperature
18. What is the path of water through a plant?
A cortex cells → xylem → stomata → roots
B root hair → xylem → mesophyll cells → stomata
C roots → cortex cells → stomata → phloem
D roots → root hair → stomata → xylem
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19. In which order does water pass through these tissues in a plant?
A mesophyll → xylem → root cortex
B root cortex → mesophyll → xylem
C root cortex → xylem → mesophyll
D xylem → mesophyll → root cortex
20. The diagram shows two shoots at the start of an experiment on transpiration.
shoot X shoot Y
spring balance
30 g 30 g
oil
water
What are the likely readings on the spring balances after three days?
shoot X shoot Y
A 30 g 30 g
B 30 g 25 g
C 25 g 30 g
D 25 g 25 g

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1.

What causes the change in the appearance of the plant?

A Water loss is greater than water uptake.

4. By which process is water lost from a leaf?

Which labelled region is stained red?

7. What is transported in the phloem and what is the direction of transport?

A starch, up and down

A mesophyll cells  root hair  root cortex  xylem

B root cortex  root hair  xylem  mesophyll cells

C root hair  mesophyll cells  root cortex  xylem

D root hair  root cortex  xylem  mesophyll cells

plant shoot same shoot six hours later

A a decrease in available water

blue dye blue dye blue dye

14. What is a function of phloem?

ring of bark xylem

Which plant will have the highest rate of transpiration?

17. A decrease in which factor normally causes transpiration rate to increase?

18. What is the path of water through a plant?

A cortex cells → xylem → stomata → roots

B root hair → xylem → mesophyll cells → stomata

C roots → cortex cells → stomata → phloem

D roots → root hair → stomata → xylem

A mesophyll → xylem → root cortex

B root cortex → mesophyll → xylem

C root cortex → xylem → mesophyll

D xylem → mesophyll → root cortex

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