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How do plants increase their capacity for water absorbance? - CORRECT ANSWER-by developing
root hairs from epidermal cells
What are the 3 basic plan organs? - CORRECT ANSWER-root, leaf, stem
What are the three most abundant elements in plant tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER-hydrogen,
carbon, oxygen
what does phloem sap consist of and how is it transported? - CORRECT ANSWER-sucrose;
source to sink
What way does water flow in respect to water potential? - CORRECT ANSWER-from high water
potential to low
, What plant type is normally dead at maturity? - CORRECT ANSWER-vessel element
As water is transported up the xylem, does the water potential become more or less negative?
why? - CORRECT ANSWER-more negative because water moves from high to low water
potential
How do stomata open? - CORRECT ANSWER-K+ enters the guard cells, then water enters,
making cells turgid
How is sugar loaded to the phloem? - CORRECT ANSWER-sucrose is cotransported with H+
What meristem is responsible for primary growth? - CORRECT ANSWER-Apical meristem
True or false: diffusion requires an energy input - CORRECT ANSWER-false
What are the 4 most common elements found in plants? - CORRECT ANSWER-carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
What are loams and why is it important for soil to be loamy? - CORRECT ANSWER-soils that
have roughly equal amounts of sand, slits, and clay. it provides surface area and water retention
Why are cations difficult to get access to in soil? - CORRECT ANSWER-they are bound strongly to
soil particles
How do mycorrhizal fungi contribute to the mutualism they have with plants? - CORRECT
ANSWER-by increasing the capacity for water uptake