Exam 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants

Formation of the curved upper surface, such as occurs in a tube filled with water, is an important factor in plant water movement. A curved upper surface is created by ________.

One is most likely to see guttation in small plants when the ________.

If isolated plant cells with a water potential averaging -0.5 MPa are placed into a solution with a water potential of -0.3 MPa, which of the following would be the most likely outcome?

A fellow student brought in a leaf to be examined. The leaf was dark green, thin, had stoma on the lower surface only, and had a total surface area of ten square meters. Where is the most likely environment where this leaf was growing?

When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution and water enters the cell via osmosis, the volume of the cell increases until it bursts. This does not happen to plant cells, because ________.

Which of following ions play the primary role in basic transport processes in plant cells?

Given that early land plants most likely share a common ancestor with green algae, the earliest land plants were most likely ________.

In the transmembrane route for transport within plant tissue, ________.

How does a flaccid cell differ from a turgid cell?

A plant cell with a ΨS of -0.65 MPa maintains a constant volume when bathed in a solution that has a ΨS of -0.30 MPa and is in an open container. The cell has a

In xerophytes, ________ are referred to as crypts.

Compared with a cell with few aquaporin proteins in its membrane, a cell containing many aquaporin proteins will

The protoplast consists of ________.

If ΨP = 0.3 MPa and ΨS = -0.45 MPa, the resulting Ψ is ________.

Solute potential in a cell is also called ________.

What is the overall charge on the cytoplasmic side of a plant cell plasma membrane?

Which one of the following statements about transport of nutrients in phloem is correct?

Some botanists argue that the entire plant should be considered as a single unit rather than a composite of many individual cells. Which of the following cellular structures best supports this view?

Which structure or compartment is separate from the apoplastic route?

The leaf area index is the ratio of the ________.