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What does xylem carry in a plant? |
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What direction does xylem carry water? |
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Describe xylem. What does it look like? |
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| Hollow tubes, Dead, Rings of Lignin |
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| What does phloem carry in a plant? |
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| What direction does phloem carry food? |
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| Describe phloem. What does it look like? |
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| Phloem tubes & Companion Cells, Living, No lignin, contains strands of cytoplasm. |
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Which gas is required for photosynthesis? |
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Which gas is produced during photosynthesis? |
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What does a plant make during photosynthesis? |
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| In which part of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur? |
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What is the function of chlorophyll? |
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| What is the equation for photosynthesis |
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light
Water + Carbon dioxide -----------> Glucose + oxygen
Chlorophyll |
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Through which structures do gases enter and leave the plant? |
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| Which structures open and close stomata? |
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Name the three types of cell in a leaf where photosynthesis occurs? |
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| Spongy mesophyll, palisade mesophyll, guard cells |
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State three ways in which the carbohydrate produced during photosynthesis is used by the plant? |
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Glucose – for energy, Starch – food store, Cellulose – cell walls |
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| State three limiting factors during photosynthesis |
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| Temperature, Light Intensity, Carbon dioxide Concentration |
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What type of plant could you use to investigate the rate of photosynthesis? |
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| Elodea/ Pondweed/ Aquatic plant |
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