What property of water BEST explains xylem and phloem in the vascular system of plants ? water can do capillary action O water has a high surface tension water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid O water is a polar molecule

Q: Which of the following features is associated with the leaf of a xerophyte? stomatal crypt reduced…

A: Plant leaves are the primary photosynthetic organs and are made up of several specialised…

Q: 9. Describe the process of water transport in plants from the roots to the leaves. What roles do…

A: Plant physiology primarily refers to the branch of biology that focuses on the study of the…

Q: 35. Water transport in plants is made possible by forces of attraction like surface tension and…

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Q: V[Choose ] transporting water, nutrients, and sugars throughout the leaf protecting the leaf…

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Q: Water vapour is lost from the leaf's .. O mesophyll O epidermis guard cells stomata

A: The water required by the plants is absorbed through the roots from the soil. Less than 1% of water…

Q: In what type of solution tonicity is this plantcell in? How do you know this? What is it called when…

A: Introduction: Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution.

Q: How does cohesion & adhesion help move water through a plant

A: Adhesion is the attraction of molecules of one kind for molecules of a different kind, and it can be…

Q: Heartwood is different from sapwood in that heartwood

A: Heartwood and sap wood are two layers or portions of a tree trunk. They are distinguished mainly…

Q: How does molecule W help in the transport of substance V down the sieve tube of the phloem?

A: Phloem is a complex vascular tissue in the plant. It is a complex tissue because it is made up of…

Q: This is (are) the emergent property (-ties) of water because of which water can rise from the root…

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Q: The cork cambium: O a. Is a thick protective layer. Ob. Forms a layer around the xylem. Oc…

A: Vascular plants are plants with specialized vascular tissue. There are two kinds of vascular tissue…

Q: In winter, plants exchange the saturated lipids in their membranes for unsaturated lipids.…

A: The question says that in winters, the plants exchange the saturated lipid with the unsaturated…

Q: Åluminum is toxic to plant cells because it inhibits them from importing K* Consequently, they have…

A: Answer: Aluminium is the toxic element for plants as they inhibits the roots synthesis and growth,…

Q: What might happen to guard cells in a leaf suffering from water stress? guard cells would accumulate…

A: Gaurd cells would shrink and closs stomata. Hence option (4) is correct.

Q: Describe cohesion and adhesion and how they are involved in moving water up a plant.

A: COHESION : it refers to the attraction of molecules for other molecules of the same kind and water…

Q: water potentia

A: Movement of water and nutrients across the the body of plant is carried out with the help of several…

Q: What are ways in which plants accomplish tissue-level transport?a. transmembrane transport of…

A: In plants, transportation is a process by which solute and water are transported using a network of…

Q: Chlorophyll a Chlorophyll b 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 Wavelength (nm) Plant chlorophyll chemicals…

A: Photosynthesis depends upon the absorption of light by pigments in the leaves of plants. Chlorophyll…

Q: Through what structure(s) do plants obtain most of their water?      roots     stomata…

A: Plants require water to carry out different reactions inside the plant cell. The…

Q: What is the difference between cohesion and tension in the movement of water in plants? What is the…

A: The plant system comprises of the root system and the shoot system. The root system grows towards…

Q: Of the following, which is not a process involved in the movement of water through a plant? O…

A: Plants are the multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes belonging to the…

Q: What is the  Cohesion-Tension hypothesis? What is the source of energy that creates the tension?…

A: Cohesion-Tension hypothesis The cohesion-tension theory of intermolecular attraction that explain…

Q: Which of the following is an example of osmosis?A. Cigarette smoke spreads in the airB. Carbon…

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Q: What could increase the rate of water uptake (transpiration) by a plant?

A: Transpiration is the cycle of water development through a plant and its dissipation from flying…

Q: What is meant by water potential and what two factors are involved in measuring water potential? How…

A: The energy used to move an infinitesimal quantity of water from a sample to a reference pool of pure…

Q: Which of the following would require active transport? Select one: a. Stomata opening b. Potassium…

A: Active transport It is defined as the process of movement of molecules through a membrane against…

Q: The major intrinsic protein responsible for the passage of water through cell membranes is O…

A: Intrinsic proteins are those that are embedded in the plasma membrane. These proteins perform…

Q: Describe the cohesion-tension model of water movement through xylem. Would the weight of water be…

A: The cohesion-tension hypothesis is a theory that is a widely-accepted theory for the movement of…

Q: In a leaf, palisade mesophyll are cells specialised for: O a. Defense against dehydration. O b.…

A: Depending on the internal structure of leaf, the angiospermic leaves are of two types. These can be…

Q: What is the property of water that help in transpo lant? Cohesion alone Adhesion alone Specific heat…

A: Water is a polar molecule made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Water (H2O) is…

Q: 2. Several experiments have been performed to test the cohesion-tension theory as to how water moves…

A: It was proposed by John Joly and Henry Horatio Dixon in 1894.  It is the most widely accepted theory…

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Q: Why do plants require so much water?

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Q: A mutation causes the vascular cambium in a plant to stop working How does this impact cellular…

A: The vascular cambium is the main growth tissue in the stems and roots of many plants, especially…

Q: [PLANT PHYSIOLOGY] Stomatal opening is induced by. Select one: O a. high CO2 levels in the leaf. Ob.…

A: Stomata open in response to light such as blue and red light. Red light usually induces stomatal…

Q: The ability of plants to grow tall and still transport water from their roots to their shoots is a…

A: Evapotranspiration  In this two processes occurs, Evaporation and Transpiration. Water molecules are…

Q: LO64 Explain the function of xylem and phloem as transport tissues in plants What is true about…

A: Xylem and Phloem as transport tissues in plants. The specialised tissue in vascular plants called…

Q: How do you determine that an element is essential for plant? 2. How does an ion move from an…

A: In a plant there are approximately 40 different types of minerals. Out of which carbon, hydrogen,…

Q: Once sugar is in the vascular tissue, what forces cause it to move? Name at least two, andexplain…

A: Phloem, a complex permanent tissue, is also called a bast tissue in plants. It helps in the…

Q: The cork cambium: O a. Transports air. O b. Is only found in roots. O c. Is a thick protective…

A: cork cambium is a thick protective layer

Q: What advantage does changing to an undaturated lipid give plants in winter?

A: Unsaturated fatty acids are generally biosynthesized by a special dehydrogenation reaction known as…