Plants for Food and Fibre
1.2 Plant Processes
1) Define the following: (10)
a) Transpiration:
b) Capillary action:
c) Osmosis:
d) Photosynthesis:
e) Chloroplasts:
f) Cellular Respiration:
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g) Pores:
h) Diffusion:
i) Concentration:
j) Active transport:
2) During transpiration, _______ particles evaporate from the
_________ of the __________ and more ________ particles
move ____ with the plant to take their _________. (1)
3) During capillary action, water travels from the ________ to
the leaves through ______ _______ in the ________ and
_______. (1)
4) During osmosis, the concentration of _______ in the soil is
________ than the concentration of water in the ________ of
the plant, water moves into the ________ ________. (1)
5) Complete the following diagram: (5)
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_____ + ______ ______ + _____ = ______ + _______
6) The word equation for cellular Respiration is: (2)
______ + ______ = ______ + ______ + ______
7) What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis? (2)
8) Label the following diagram. (4)
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9)
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________ is one of the substances that is _______ to the
survival and _________ of cells. (1)
10) The ______ ________ in plant cells allows _______
particles to pass through it. (1)
11) More than ____% of the water a plant takes in is _______
through its _________. (1)
12) Give one example that helps explain diffusion. Explain your
example. (2)