Home Library Explore SAT

Home Library Explore SAT

Transport systems in plants Flashcards | StudBud

Explore/ Transport systems in plants

What are 'vascular bundles'?

Which part of the phloem transports sugar?

Transport systems in plants

10 terms·StudBud Administration·180 plays

Covers the basics of plant transport systems in B3 2.5 of the AQA GCSE Biology textbook #transportsystemsinplants #biology #gcse #aqa

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
Which part of the phloem transports sugar?
Sieve tubes
Vascular bundles
Vacuoles
Cell membrane
2
What are 'vascular bundles'?
Groups of xylem and phloem tissues
Groups of valves in the xylem
Groups of minerals being transported up the xylem
Groups of vacuoles in the phloem
3
Which of the following are not part of the phloem?
Companion cells
Sieve tubes
Sieve plates
Packing tissues
4
Where in the plant are sugars produced?
Roots
Xylem vessels
Leaves
Vascular bundles
5
Compare the concentration of solutes around a plant's root system to its root hair cells
The same concentration
Higher concentration
Lower concentration
6
Which of the following statements isn't true about the xylem
It transports sugar in a downwards direction
It is made of hollow dead tubes
It has thick, rigid walls to stop it from collapsing
•It transports water and minerals inan upwards direction
7
What process allows water to move into a plant's root hair cells
Osmosis
Diffusion
Refraction
Active transport
8
Where in the plant does the phloem transport the sugars to?
growing tissues in the tips of the root and shoot
Cells in the leaves
Storage tissues in the roots
Cells in the vascular bundles
9
Movement in the xylem depends on thermal energy from the sun. What about the phloem?
Diffusion processes
Energy released by respiration in mitochondria
Energy from the sugars it is transporting
Strength from the vascular bundles
10
What do the 'phloem' tissues in plants transport
Sugars
Water
Yeast
Hope