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16 Cards in this Set
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Water passes into a plant through these.
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Root hairs
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Water is essential for this.
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Photosynthesis
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Plants transport water in these vessels or tube structures.
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Xylem
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Name 3 ways water is transported up a plant or tree.
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Root pressure, capillarity and transpiration.
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What is root pressure?
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When roots draw in water from the soil and creates pressure.
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What is capillarity?
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When water clings up the side of tiny tubes.
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What is transpiration?
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When water evaporates from leaves and draws up more water inside the plant or tree behind it.
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What are the tubes called that transport sugars to the rest of the plant or tree?
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Phloem vessels.
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Name the 5 regions of a leaf.
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Cuticle, epidermis, palisade, veins and gas exchange.
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What does the cuticle do?
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It's a coating on the leaf that prevents moisture loss.
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What does the epidermis do?
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Protects the plant cells below.
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What does the palisade do?
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It contains the chloroplasts that make food from sunlight.
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What do the veins do?
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The veins are made of xylem and phloem and transports water and food to and from the leaf.
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What gases are exchanged inside a leaf?
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Carbon Dioxide in and oxygen out.
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What are the leaf openings called?
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Stomata.
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What opens and closes the stomata?
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Guard cells.
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