BIO1 - Cells, Exchange and Transport - Transport in Plants

OCR AS Biology specification, cells, exchange and transport exam.

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  • Created by: RhysWall
  • Created on: 05-01-12 19:53
Xylem and phloem are part of which plant tissue?
Vascular tissue
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Xylem are adapted to their function because... (select the incorrect answer)
The have a waxy cuticle on the walls of the xylem to stop it from being too leaky
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What does lignin do to a xylem cell?
Provides a waterproof layer effectively killing the cell allowing it to form a xylem vessel
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When using a potometer, precautions must be taken. Two of these are...
Ensure leaves are dry and set up equipment under water
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Meristematic cells are found in...
Tip of the shoot and the tip of the root
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The most commonly translocated sugar assimilate is...
Sucrose
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________ is a translocative source
Leaf in the summer
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The symplast pathway...
Goes through the cell wall, but not the cytoplasm of a cell
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Cells in xylem are...
Dead, but cells in phloem are alive
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Xylem are adapted to their function because... (select the incorrect answer)

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The have a waxy cuticle on the walls of the xylem to stop it from being too leaky

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What does lignin do to a xylem cell?

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When using a potometer, precautions must be taken. Two of these are...

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Meristematic cells are found in...

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Abby

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this is really good thanks!!! =D

Aliyyunakber1

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Doesn't the symplast pathway go through the cytoplasm, not through the cell walls like the apoplastic pathway

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