Transport of Nutrients

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How are water and minerals transported in plants?

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What is the importance of water for plants

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Write three differences between transpiration and translocation. [3 MARKS]

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This is my pen.______ (Change the possessive adjective into possessive pronoun)

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Name and explain the tissues responsible for transportation in plant?

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Which of the following is responsible for the transportation of food in plants?

1. Xylem

2. Phloem

3. Cambium

4. Stomata

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Conduction of water and food to the all parts of the plant is done through the ________ .

1. Flower

2. Stem

3. Roots

4. Leaves

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Which of the following are components of xylem tissue?

1. Xylem Fibres

2. Companion cells

3. Vessels

4. Tracheids

Q. Which of the following processes are responsible for absorption of water by roots?

1. Osmosis
2. Photosynthesis
3. Transpirational pull
4. Cellular respiration

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Which of the following functions is carried out by phloem?

1. Phloem is responsible for the transport of food from the leaves to all the parts of the plant.

2. It transports water and other soluble nutrients to the rest of the plant

3. Tracheids help phloem transport food.

4. Phloem allows the plant to grow taller and roots to grow longer.

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In flowering plants, the substances that would need to be transported are__________.

1. Water, mineral nutrients, organic nutrients and hormones

2. Water and mineral nutrients only

3. Mineral nutrients and organic nutrients only

4. Water and plant growth regulators only

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Sam applied all his strength to pull out a china rose plant from the ground. Still, he failed to do so. Why?

Consider the following options and choose the correct option.

Statement 1- To pull out a plant we need its consent.
Statement 2- Roots anchor plants to the soil firmly.
Statement 3- Sam was applying force against gravity.
Statement 4- All of these

1. Statement 2 and statement 3 are correct.

2. Statement 1 and statement 2 are wrong.

3. Statement 1 is correct while Statement 2 is wrong.

4. Statement 4 is correct.

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What are the functions of xylem?

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Raj's father specifically asked him to water the plants near the ground as depicted in the image below. This is because

1. Roots are the major sites for water absorption in plants.

2. The base of the stem is specialized to absorb water and minerals.

3. None of these

4. Water enters the stem through diffusion

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It is a surprising fact that plants don't need a blood-like fluid to transport food and water. They use a straw like mechanism to pull water up even to the uppermost tips. This pull of water in plants is created because of a phenomenon known as ______.

1. Nutrition

2. Digestion

3. Transpiration

4. Perspiration

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Sam applied all his strength to pull out a china rose plant from the ground but he failed to do so. Why?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.

Statement 1- To pull out a plant we need its consent.
Statement 2- Roots anchor plants to the soil firmly.
Statement 3- Sam was applying force against gravity.
Statement 4- All of these

1. Statement 1 is correct while Statement 2 is wrong.

2. Statement 1 and statement 2 are wrong.

3. Statement 2 and statement 3 are correct.

4. Statement 4 is correct.

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Water is transported to the leaf and food is transported from the leaf through the _________.

1. Flower

2. Stem

3. Carpel

4. Both B&C

Q. Plants are attached to soil by structures known as ____.

1. pedicels
2. leaves
3. flowers
4. roots

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Solve the riddles given below.

1. “I have a green tender stem and I am much shorter than you. Who am I?”
2. “I come out first from the seed when it is soaked in water. I provide anchorage to plants. Who am I?” Write another function that I perform.

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Fill in the blanks:

Path of water transport is demonstrated by dipping the roots in _______ solution.

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The process in which excess water in the plants is evaporated through the surface of leaves is:

1. Transpiration

2. Digestion

3. Photosynthesis

4. Respiration

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Shoot system is the part of plants ___ the ground.

1. below

2. beyond

3. above

4. both above and below

Q. The growth of a plant is adversely affected if an essential nutrient is present below its critical concentration.

1. True
2. False

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It is surprising fact that plants don't need a blood-like fluid to transport food and water. Trees use a straw like(sucking) a mechanism to pull water up the tips of trees. This pull of water in trees is created by a phenomenon known as______.

1. Nutrition

2. Digestion

3. Perspiration

4. Transpiration

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difference between xylem and pholem

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Xeylom and phloem

Q. name the different component of xylem

Q. Write any two differences between movement of materials through xylem and phloem.

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It is a surprising fact that plants don't need a blood-like fluid to transport food and water. Trees use a straw like mechanism to pull water up to the tips. This pull of water in trees is created by a phenomenon known as ______.

1. Transpiration

2. Nutrition

3. Perspiration

4. Digestion

Q. Name the following:
1. A condition opposite to turgidity.
2. Dispersal of seeds by explosive mechanism.
3. Loss of cell sap through hydathodes from the tip or margin of leaf is due to root pressure.
4. Loss of cell sap from the injured part of a plant.
5. Plant tissue through which ascent of sap takes place.
6. The condition of a cell placed in hypotonic solution.
7. Process by which water enters the root hairs.
8. The process by which molecules distribute themselves evenly within the space they occupy.
9. The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.
10. Process by which intact plant cells lose water in the form of droplets from leaf margins.
11. Movement of molecules from a region of high concentration to a region of low. concentration.
12. The phenomenon by which living or dead plant cells absorb water by surface attraction.