quiz (test ur self on transport in plants)

instructions-:please do the questions first and then see if ur right frm the answers below.

1.Name the main type of plant tissue which is responsible for the transport of-:
a)water
b)organic compounds
c)mineral salts
2.What is translcation?
b)Name the type of substancesthat are translocated in plants

3.Defferentiate between guttation and transpiration?
b) name two substances that are secreated by plants in guttation?

4.state two simmilarities between evaporation and transpiration?

5.state the function of root hair


ANSWERS

Que 1.)xylem
b.)xylem
c)phloem
Que 2.)this is the transport of organic substances from the photosynthetic surface to the other parts of the plant.
b)amino acids, lipids and mainly sugars that are in form of glucose
Que3.)transpiration is the loss of water thru the stomata in form of water vapour
Que4.)both need heat energy to change water from liquid state to gaseous state
both take place in the surface of the plant
both involve loss of water in form of water vapour
Que5)root hairs absorb water and dissolve mineral salts from the soil into the plant root