A Level Biology - Transport in plants - Statistics

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Defintion Keyword % Correct
Transports water and minerals Xylem
91%
Transports dissolved assimilates Phloem
81%
The loss of water vapour from the aerial parts of a plant, mostly through the stomata in the leaves Transpiration
72%
The attraction between water molecules and the walls of the xylem vessel Adhesion
56%
The attraction between water molecules caused by hydrogen bonds Cohesion
53%
The cells that help to load sucrose into the sieve tubes Companion cells
47%
A device that can measure the rate of water uptake as a leafy stem transpires Potometer
44%
A part of the plant where assimilates are removed from the transport system Sink
44%
A plant adapted to living in dry conditions Xerophyte
44%
Gaps in the cell wall containing cytoplasm that connects two cells Plasmodesmata
41%
A part of the plant that loads materials into the transport system Source
41%
A layer of dividing cells Meristem
34%
A plant adapted to living in water or where the ground is very wet Hydrophyte
31%
The transport of assimilates throughout a plant Translocation
25%
Substances that have become a part of the plant Assimilates
16%
Make up the tubes in phloem tissue that carry sap up and down the plant Sieve tube elements
16%
Consists of cells specialised for transporting fluids Vascular tissue
16%
The tubes which carry water up the plant Xylem vessels
13%
Plants with two seed leaves and a branching pattern of veins in the leaf Dicotyledonous plants
0%
Water passes through the spaces in the cell walls and between the cells, but does not pass through any plasma membranes into the cells The apoplast pathway
0%
Water enters the cell cytoplasm through the plasma membrane The symplast pathway
0%
Water is not confined to the cytoplasm of the cells and is able to enter and pass through the vacuoles as well The vacuolar pathway
0%
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