Proses Pengangkutan Air dan Garam Mineral
Pengangkutan air dan garam – garam mineral pada tumbuhan tingkat tinggi, seperti pada tumbuhan biji dilakukan melalui dua mekanisme
1. Pengangkutan Apoplast
SEKARANG DI TEST YA
Pengangkutan air dan garam – garam mineral pada tumbuhan tingkat tinggi, seperti pada tumbuhan biji dilakukan melalui dua mekanisme
- pertama, air dan mineral diserap dari dalam tanah menuju sel – sel akar,
- kemudian air itu baru diangkut menuju daun untuk fotosintesis .
- diluar berkas pembuluh angkut disebut pengangkutan ekstra vaskuler.
- didalam berkas pembuluh angkut disebut pengangkutan intra vaskuler.
- Artinya pertama air dari tanah masuk menuju berkas pengangkut meelalui organ diluar berkas yaitu berturutan epidermis - kortex - endodermis - perisikel - baru Xilem
- Sedang pengangkutan intravasikuler intinya pengangkutan di dalam pembuluh dari akar ke daun , Pembuluh atau saluran yang dilalui adalah Xylem atau pembuluh kayu
- OK
Pengangkutan Ekstravaskuler
- Dalam perjalanan menuju silinder pusat, air akan bergerak secara bebas di antara ruang antar sel.
- Pengangkutan air dan mineral dari dalam tanah di luar berkas pembuluh ini dilakukan melalui 2 mekanisme, yaitu
- Apoplast
- Simplast
1. Pengangkutan Apoplast
- Pengangkutan sepanjang jalur ekstraseluler yang terdiri atas bagian tak hidup dari akar tumbuhan, yaitu dinding sel dan ruang antar sel. air masuk dengan cara osmosis
- Aliran air secara apoplas tidak tidak dapat terus mencapai xilem karena terhalang oleh lapisan endodermis
- Kenapa air berhenti mengalir ?
- Air tidak mengalir karena terhalang bagian endodermis bersifat impermeable yang memiliki penebalan dinding sel dari suberin dan lignin
- Namun ada bagian yang khusus yaitu celah kaspari yang bisa dilalui air
- Dengan demikian, pengangkutan air secara apoplas pada bagian korteks dan stele menjadi terpisah.
- Pada pengangkutan ini, setelah masuk kedalam sel epidermis bulu akar, air dan mineral yang terlarut bergerak masuk kedalam sel (inilah yang membedakan dari keduanya)
- Air masuk sitoplasma dan vakuola, kemudian bergerak dari satu sel ke sel yang lain melalui plasmodesmata.
- Sistem pengangkutan ini , menyebabkan air dapat mencapai bagian Xylem yang ada bagian silinder pusat.
- Adapun lintasan aliran air pada pengangkutan simplas jika diurutkan dari luar kedalam
- Sel – sel bulu akar menuju sel – sel korteks - endodermis - perisikel - xilem.
- Dari sini , air dan garam mineral siap diangkut keatas menuju batang dan daun. secara intravasikular OK
b. Pengangkutan melalui berkas pengangkutan (pengangkutan intravaskuler)
- Setelah melewati sel – sel akar, air dan mineral yang terlarut akan masuk ke pembuluh kayu (xilem)
- Selanjutnya terjadi pengangkutan secara vertikal dari akar menuju batang sampai kedaun.
- Pembuluh kayu disusun oleh beberapa jenis sel, namun bagian yang berperan penting dalam proses pengangkutan air dan mineral ini adalah sel – sel trakea.
- Bagian ujung sel trakea terbuka membentuk pipa kapiler. Struktur jaringan xilem seperti pipa kapiler ini terjadi karena sel – sel penyusun jaringan tersebut tersebut mengalami fusi (penggabungan).
- Air bergerak dari sel trakea satu ke sel trakea yang di atasnya mengikuti prinsip kapilaritas dan kohesi air dalam sel trakea xilem.
Faktor – Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Pengangkutan Air.
Daya Hisap Daun (Tarikan Transpirasi)
- Pada organ daun terdapat proses penguapan air melalui mulut daun (stomata ) yang dikenal sebagai proses transpirasi.
- Proses ini menyebabkan sel daun kehilanagan air dan timbul tarikan terhadap air yang ada pada sel – sel di bawahnya dan tarikan ini akan diteruskan molekul demi molekul, menuju ke bawah sampai ke seluruh kolom air pada xilem sehingga menyebabkan air tertarik ke atas dari akar menuju ke daun.
- Dengan adanya transpirasi membantu tumbuhan dalam proses penyerapan dan transportasi air di dalam tumbuhan.
- Adapun transpirasi itu sendiri merupakan mekanisme pengaturan fisiologis yan g herhubungan dengan proses adaptasi tumbuhan terhadap lingkungan.
- Temperatur udara, makin tinggi temperature , kecepatan transprasi akan semakin tinggi.
- Instensitas cahaya matahari, semakin tinggi intesitas cahaya matahari yang diterima daun, maka kecepatan transpirasi akan semakin tinggi.
- Kelembaban udara
- Kandungan air tanah.
2 . Kapilaritas Batang
Pengangkutan air melalui pembuluh kayu (xilem), terjadi karena pembuluh kayu (xilem) tersusun seperti rangkaian pipa-pipa kapiler.
- Dengan kata lain, pengangkutan air melalui xilem mengikuti prinsip kapilaritas.
- Daya kapilaritas disebabkan karena adanya kohesi antara molekul air dengan air dan adhesi antara molekul air dengan dinding pembuluh xilem.
- Baik kohesi maupun adhesi ini menimbulkan tarikan terhadap molekul air dari akal sampai ke daun secara bersambungan.
3. Tekanan Akar
- Akar tumbuhan menyerap air dan €taram mineral baik siang maupun malam.
- Pada malam hari, ketika transpirasi sangat rendah atau bahkan nol, sel-sel akar masih tetap menggunakan energi untuk memompa ion – ion mineral ke dalam xilem.
- Endodermis yang mengelilingi stele akar tersebut membantu mencegah kebocoran ion – ion ini keluar dari stele.
- Akumulasi mineral di dalam stele akan menurunkan potensial air.
- Air akan mengalir masuk dari korteks akar, menghasilkan suatu tekanan positif yang memaksa cairan naik ke xilem.
- Dorongan getah xilem ke arah atas ini disebut tekanan akar (roof pressure).
- Tekanan akar juga menyebabkan tumbuhan mengalami gutasi, yaitu keluarnya air yang berlebih pada malam hari melalui katup pelepasan (hidatoda) pada daun.
- Biasanya air yang keluar dapat kita lihat pada pagi hari berupa tetesan atau butiran air pada ujung-ujung helai daun rumput atau pinggir daun kecil herba (tumbuhan tak berkayu) dikotil.
Pengangkutan Hasil Fotosintesis
- Proses pengangkutan bahan makanan dalam tumbuhan dikenal dengan translokasi.
- Translokasi merupakan pemindahan hasil fotosintesis dari daun atau organ tempat penyimpanannya ke bagian lain tumbuhan yang memerlukannya.
- Jaringan pembuluh yang bertugas mengedarkan hasil fotosintesis ke seluruh bagian tumbuhan adalah floem (pembuluh tapis).
- Zat terlarut yang paling banyak dalam getah floem adalah gula, terutama sukrosa.
- Selain itu, di dalam getah floem juga mengandung mineral, asam amino,dan hormon, berbeda dengan pengangkutan pada pembuluh xilem yang berjalan satu arah dari akar ke daun, pengangkutan pada pembuluh xylem yang berjalan satu arah dari akar kedaun, pengengkutan pada pembuluh floem dapat berlangsung kesegala arah, yaitu dari sumber gula (tempat penyimpanan hasil fotosintesis) ke organ lain tumbuhan yang memerlukannya.
- Satu pembuluh tapis dalam sebuah berkas pembuluh bisa membawa cairan floem dalam satu arah sementara cairan didalam pipa lain dalam berkas yang sama dapat mengalir dengan arah yang berlaianan.
- Untuk masing – masing pembuluh tapis, arah transport hanya bergantung pada lokasi sumber gula dan tempat penyimpanan makanan yang dihubungkan oleh pipa tersebut.
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SEKARANG DI TEST YA
1) All of the following are plant adaptations to life on
land except
A) tracheids and vessels.
B) root hairs.
C) cuticle.
D) the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis.
E) collenchyma.
Answer: D
2) The ancestors of land plants were aquatic algae. Which
of the following is not an evolutionary adaptation to life on land?
A) C₃ photosynthesis
B) a waxy cuticle
C) root hairs
D) xylem and phloem
E) guard cells
Answer: A
3) Most angiosperms have alternate phyllotaxy. What
allows each leaf to get the maximum exposure to light and reduces shading of
lower leaves?
A) a leaf area index above 8
B) self-pruning
C) one leaf only per node
D) leaf emergence at an angle of 137.5°F from the site of
previous leaves
E) a leaf area index above 8 and leaf emergence at an
angle of 137.5°F from the site of previous leaves
Answer: D
4) A plant developed a mineral deficiency after being
treated with a fungicide. What is the most probable cause of the deficiency?
A) Mineral receptor proteins in the plant membrane were
not functioning.
B) Mycorrhizal fungi were killed.
C) Active transport of minerals was inhibited.
D) The genes for the synthesis of transport proteins were
destroyed.
E) Proton pumps reversed the membrane potential.
Answer: B
5) If you were to prune the shoot tips of a plant, what
would be the effect on the plant and the leaf area index?
A) bushier plants; lower leaf area index
B) tall plants; lower leaf area index
C) tall plants; higher leaf area index
D) short plants; lower leaf area index
E) bushier plants; higher leaf area indexes
Answer: E
6) Which structure or compartment is not part of the
plant's apoplast?
A) the lumen of a xylem vessel
B) the lumen of a sieve tube
C) the cell wall of a mesophyll cell
D) the cell wall of a transfer cell
E) the cell wall of a root hair
Answer: B
7) Which of the following would be least likely to affect
osmosis in plants?
A) proton pumps in the membrane
B) a difference in solute concentrations
C) receptor proteins in the membrane
D) aquaporins
E) a difference in water potential
Answer: C
8) Active transport involves all of the following except
the
A) diffusion of solute through the lipid bilayer of a
membrane.
B) pumping of solutes across the membrane.
C) hydrolysis of ATP.
D) transport of solute against a concentration gradient.
E) specific transport protein in the membrane.
Answer: A
9) Active transport of various materials in plants at the
cellular level requires all of the following except
A) a proton gradient.
B) ATP.
C) membrane potential.
D) transport proteins
E) xylem membranes.
Answer: E
10) Which of the following is not a function of the
plasma membrane proton pump?
A) hydrolyzes ATP
B) produces a proton gradient
C) generates a membrane potential
D) equalizes the charge on each side of a membrane
E) stores potential energy on one side of a membrane
Answer: D
11) Given that early land plants most likely share a common
ancestor with green algae, the earliest land plants were most likely
A) nonvascular plants that grew leafless photosynthetic
shoots above the shallow fresh water in which they lived.
B) species that did not exhibit alternation of
generations.
C) vascular plants with well-defined root systems.
D) plants with well-developed leaves.
E) species with a well-developed, thick cuticle.
Answer: A
12) The movement of water across biological membranes can
best be predicted by
A) negative charges in the cell wall.
B) prevailing weather conditions.
C) aquaporins.
D) level of active transport.
E) water potential.
Answer: E
13) An open beaker of pure water has a water potential
(Ψ) of
A) -0.23 MPa.
B) +0.23 MPa.
C) +0.07 MPa.
D) -0.0000001 MPa.
E) 0.0 (zero).
Answer: E
14) All of the following have an effect on water
potential (Ψ) in plants except
A) physical pressure.
B) water-attracting matrices.
C) dissolved solutes.
D) osmosis.
E) DNA structure.
Answer: E
15) If ΨP = 0.3 MPa and ΨS = -0.45 MPa, the resulting Ψ
is
A) +0.75 MPa.
B) -0.75 MPa.
C) -0.15 MPa.
D) +0.15 MPa.
E) -0.42 MPa.
Answer: C
16) The value for Ψ in root tissue was found to be -0.15
MPa. If you take the root tissue and place it in a 0.1 M solution of sucrose (Ψ
= -0.23 MPa), the net water flow would
A) be from the tissue into the sucrose solution.
B) be from the sucrose solution into the tissue.
C) be in both directions and the concentrations would
remain equal.
D) occur only as ATP was hydrolyzed in the tissue.
E) be impossible to determine from the values given here.
Answer: A
17) Compared to a cell with few aquaporins in its
membrane, a cell containing many aquaporins will
A) have a faster rate of osmosis.
B) have a lower water potential.
C) have a higher water potential.
D) have a faster rate of active transport.
E) be flaccid.
Answer: A
18) 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 cannot be used to support this view?
A) cell wall
B) cell membrane
C) cytosol
D) tonoplast
E) symplast
Answer: D
19) Which of the following statements is false about bulk
flow?
A) It is driven primarily by pressure potential.
B) It is more effective than diffusion over distances
greater than 100 μm.
C) It depends on a difference in pressure potential at
the source and sink.
D) It depends on the force of gravity on a column of
water.
E) It may be the result of either positive or negative
pressure potential.
Answer: D
20) Which of the following would likely not contribute to
the surface area available for water absorption from the soil by a plant root
system?
A) root hairs
B) endodermis
C) mycorrhizae
D) fungi associated with the roots
E) fibrous arrangement of the roots
Answer: B
21) Root hairs are most important to a plant because they
A) anchor a plant in the soil.
B) store starches.
C) increase the surface area for absorption.
D) provide a habitat for nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
E) contain xylem tissue.
Answer: C
22) A water molecule could move all the way through a
plant from soil to root to leaf to air and pass through a living cell only
once. This living cell would be a part of which structure?
A) the Casparian strip
B) a guard cell
C) the root epidermis
D) the endodermis
E) the root cortex
Answer: D
23) All of the following involve active transport across
membranes except
A) the movement of mineral nutrients from the apoplast to
the symplast.
B) the movement of sugar from mesophyll cells into
sieve-tube elements.
C) the movement of sugar from one sieve-tube element to
the next.
D) the movement of K+ across guard cell membranes during
stomatal opening.
E) the movement of mineral nutrients into cells of the
root cortex.
Answer: C
24) Which of the following statements about xylem is
incorrect?
A) It conducts material from root tips to leaves.
B) The conducting cells are part of the apoplast.
C) It transports mainly sugars and amino acids.
D) It typically has a lower water potential than is found
in soil.
E) No energy input is required for transport.
Answer: C
25) What is the role of proton pumps in root hair cells?
A) establish ATP gradients
B) maintain the H+ gradient
C) pressurize xylem transport
D) eliminate excess electrons
E) assist in active uptake of water molecules
Answer: B
26) In plant roots, the Casparian strip is correctly
described by which of the following?
A) It aids in the uptake of nutrients.
B) It provides energy for the active transport of
minerals into the stele from the cortex.
C) It ensures that all minerals are absorbed from the
soil in equal amounts.
D) It ensures that all water and dissolved substances must
pass through a cell membrane before entering the stele.
E) It provides increased surface area for the absorption
of mineral nutrients.
Answer: D
27) Which of the following is not an important component
of the long-distance transport process in plants?
A) the cohesion of water molecules
B) a negative water potential
C) the root parenchyma
D) the active transport of solutes
E) bulk flow from source to sink
Answer: C
28) Pine seedlings grown in sterile potting soil grow
much slower than seedlings grown in soil from the area where the seeds were
collected. This is most likely because
A) the sterilization process kills the root hairs as they
emerge from the seedling.
B) the normal symbiotic fungi are not present in the
sterilized soil.
C) sterilization removes essential nutrients from the
soil.
D) water and mineral uptake is faster when mycorrhizae
are present.
E) B and D.
Answer: E
29) The following factors may sometimes play a role in
the movement of sap through xylem. Which one depends on the direct expenditure
of ATP by the plant?
A) capillarity of water within the xylem
B) evaporation of water from leaves
C) cohesion among water molecules
D) concentration of ions in the symplast
E) bulk flow of water in the root apoplast
Answer: D
30) One is most likely to see guttation in small plants
when the
A) transpiration rates are high.
B) root pressure exceeds transpiration pull.
C) preceding evening was hot, windy, and dry.
D) water potential in the stele of the root is high.
E) roots are not absorbing minerals from the soil.
Answer: B
31) One would expect to find the highest density of
aquaporins in which of the following?
A) the plasma membrane of guard cells
B) the pits of a tracheid
C) the plasma membrane of parenchyma cells in a ripe
fruit
D) the plasma membrane of a mature mesophyll cell in a
leaf
E) the membrane lining plasmodesmata
Answer: A
32) 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) The pressure potential of the cells would increase.
B) Water would move out of the cells.
C) The cell walls would rupture, killing the cells.
D) Solutes would move out of the cells.
E) The osmotic pressure of the cells would decrease.
Answer: A
33) What drives the flow of water through the xylem?
A) passive transport by the endodermis
B) the number of companion cells in the phloem
C) the evaporation of water from the leaves
D) active transport by sieve-tube elements
E) active transport by tracheid and vessel elements
Answer: C
34) What is the main force by which most of the water
within xylem vessels moves toward the top of a tree?
A) active transport of ions into the stele
B) atmospheric pressure on roots
C) evaporation of water through stoma
D) the force of root pressure
E) osmosis in the root
Answer: C
35) In which plant cell or tissue would the pressure
component of water potential most often be negative?
A) leaf mesophyll cell
B) stem xylem
C) stem phloem
D) root cortex cell
E) root epidermis
Answer: B
36) Water potential is generally most negative in which
of the following parts of a plant?
A) mesophyll cells of the leaf
B) xylem vessels in leaves
C) xylem vessels in roots
D) cells of the root cortex
E) root hairs
Answer: A
37) Which of the following has the lowest (most negative)
water potential?
A) root cortical cells
B) root xylem
C) trunk xylem
D) leaf cell walls
E) leaf air spaces
Answer: E
38) Which of the following is responsible for the
cohesion of water molecules?
A) hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of a water
molecule and cellulose in a vessel cell
B) covalent bonds between the hydrogen atoms of two
adjacent water molecules
C) hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atom of one water
molecule and a hydrogen atom of another water molecule
D) covalent bonds between the oxygen atom of one water
molecule and a hydrogen atom of another water molecule
E) low concentrations of charged solutes in the fluid
Answer: C
39) Transpiration in plants requires all of the following
except
A) adhesion of water molecules to cellulose.
B) cohesion between water molecules.
C) evaporation of water molecules.
D) active transport through xylem cells.
E) transport through tracheids.
Answer: D
40) Which of the following statements about transport in
plants is false?
A) Weak bonding between water molecules and the walls of
xylem vessels or tracheids helps support the columns of water in the xylem.
B) Hydrogen bonding between water molecules, which
results in the high cohesion of the water, is essential for the rise of water
in tall trees.
C) Although some angiosperm plants develop considerable
root pressure, this is not sufficient to raise water to the tops of tall trees.
D) Most plant physiologists now agree that the pull from
the top of the plant resulting from transpiration is sufficient, when combined
with the cohesion of water, to explain the rise of water in the xylem in even
the tallest trees.
E) Gymnosperms can sometimes develop especially high root
pressure, which may account for the rise of water in tall pine trees without
transpiration pull.
Answer: E
41) Active transport would be least important in the
normal functioning of which of the following plant tissue types?
A) leaf transfer cells
B) stem tracheary elements
C) root endodermal cells
D) leaf mesophyll cells
E) root sieve-tube elements
Answer: B
42) Which of the following statements is false concerning
the xylem?
A) Xylem tracheids and vessels fulfill their vital
function only after their death.
B) The cell walls of the tracheids are greatly
strengthened with cellulose fibrils forming thickened rings or spirals.
C) Water molecules are transpired from the cells of the
leaves, and replaced by water molecules in the xylem pulled up from the roots
due to the cohesion of water molecules.
D) Movement of materials is by mass flow; solutes in
xylary sap move due to a positive turgor pressure gradient from source to sink.
E) In the morning, sap in the xylem begins to move first
in the twigs of the upper portion of the tree, and later in the lower trunk.
Answer: D
43) Xylem vessels, found in angiosperms, have a much
greater internal diameter than tracheids, the only xylem-conducting cells found
in gymnosperms. The tallest living trees, redwoods, are gymnosperms. Which of
the following is an advantage of tracheids over vessels for long-distance
transport to great heights?
A) Adhesive forces are proportionally greater in narrower
cylinders than in wider cylinders.
B) The smaller the diameter of the xylem, the more likely
cavitation will occur.
C) Cohesive forces are greater in narrow tubes than in
wide tubes of the same height.
D) Adhesive forces are proportionally greater in narrower
cylinders than in wider cylinders, and cohesive forces are greater in narrow
tubes than in wide tubes of the same height.
E) Adhesive forces are proportionally greater in narrower
cylinders than in wider cylinders, and the smaller the diameter of the xylem,
the more likely cavitation will occur.
Answer: D
44) Water rises in plants primarily by cohesion-tension.
Which of the following is not true about the cohesion-tension model?
A) Water loss (transpiration) is the driving force for
water movement.
B) The "tension" of this model represents the
excitability of the xylem cells.
C) Cohesion represents the tendency for water molecules
to stick together by hydrogen bonds.
D) The physical forces in the capillary-sized xylem cells
make it easier to overcome gravity.
E) The water potential of the air is more negative than
the xylem.
Answer: B
45) Assume that a particular chemical interferes with the
establishment and maintenance of proton gradients across the membranes of plant
cells. All of the following processes would be directly affected by this
chemical except
A) photosynthesis.
B) phloem loading.
C) xylem transport.
D) cellular respiration.
E) stomatal opening.
Answer: C
46) Which cells in a root form a protective barrier to
the vascular system where all materials must move through the symplast?
A) pericycle
B) cortex
C) epidermis
D) endodermis
E) exodermis
Answer: D
47) Guard cells do which of the following?
A) protect the endodermis
B) accumulate K+ and close the stomata
C) contain chloroplasts that import K+ directly into the
cells
D) guard against mineral loss through the stomata
E) help balance the photosynthesis-transpiration
compromise
Answer: E
48) All of the following normally enter the plant through
the roots except
A) carbon dioxide.
B) nitrogen.
C) potassium.
D) water.
E) calcium.
Answer: A
49) Photosynthesis begins to decline when leaves wilt
because
A) chloroplasts within wilted leaves are incapable of
photosynthesis.
B) CO2 accumulates in the leaves and inhibits the enzymes
needed for photosynthesis.
C) there is insufficient water for photolysis during the
light reactions.
D) stomata close, restricting CO₂ entry into the leaf.
E) wilted leaves cannot absorb the red and blue
wavelengths of light.
Answer: D
50) The water lost during transpiration is a side effect
of the plant's exchange of gases. However, the plant derives some benefit from
this water loss in the form of
A) evaporative cooling.
B) mineral transport.
C) increased turgor.
D) increased growth,
E) only evaporative cooling and mineral transport.
Answer: E
51) Ignoring all other factors, what kind of day would
result in the fastest delivery of water and minerals to the leaves of a tree?
A) cool, dry day
B) warm, dry day
C) warm, humid day
D) cool, humid day
E) very hot, dry, windy day
Answer: B
52) If the guard cells and surrounding epidermal cells in
a plant are deficient in potassium ions, all of the following would occur
except
A) photosynthesis would decrease.
B) roots would take up less water.
C) phloem transport rates would decrease.
D) leaf temperatures would decrease.
E) stomata would be closed.
Answer: D
53) The opening of stomata is thought to involve
A) an increase in the solute concentration of the guard
cells.
B) a decrease in the solute concentration of the stoma.
C) active transport of water out of the guard cells.
D) decreased turgor pressure in guard cells.
E) movement of K+ from the guard cells.
Answer: A
54) Which of the following experimental procedures would
most likely reduce transpiration while allowing the normal growth of a plant?
A) subjecting the leaves of the plant to a partial vacuum
B) increasing the level of carbon dioxide around the
plant
C) putting the plant in drier soil
D) decreasing the relative humidity around the plant
E) injecting potassium ions into the guard cells of the
plant
Answer: B
55) Guard cells are the only cells in the epidermis that
contain chloroplasts and can undergo photosynthesis. This is important because
A) chloroplasts sense when light is available so that
guard cells will open.
B) photosynthesis provides the energy necessary for
contractile proteins to flex and open the guard cells.
C) guard cells will produce the O₂ necessary to power
active transport.
D) ATP is required to power proton pumps in the guard
cell membranes.
E) chloroplasts sense when light is available so that
guard cells will open and guard cells will produce the O₂ necessary to power
active transport.
Answer: D
56) All of the following are adaptations that help reduce
water loss from a plant except
A) transpiration.
B) sunken stomata.
C) C4 photosynthesis.
D) small, thick leaves.
E) crassulacean acid metabolism.
Answer: A
57) Which of the following best explains why very few CAM
plants are tall?
A) They have difficulty moving water and minerals to the
top of the plant during the day.
B) They would be unable to supply sufficient sucrose for
active transport of minerals into the roots during the day or night.
C) Transpiration occurs only at night, and this would
cause a highly negative Ψ in the roots of a tall plant during the day.
D) Since the stomata are closed in the leaves, the
Casparian strip is closed in the endodermis of the root.
E) With the stomata open at night, the transpiration rate
would limit plant height.
Answer: A
58) As a biologist, it is your job to look for plants that
have evolved structures with a selective advantage in dry, hot conditions.
Which of the following adaptations would be least likely to meet your
objective?
A) CAM plants that grow rapidly
B) small, thick leaves with stomata on the lower surface
C) a thick cuticle on fleshy leaves
D) large, fleshy stems with the ability to carry out
photosynthesis
E) plants that do not produce abscisic acid and have a
short, thick taproot
Answer: E
59) A primary result for stomatal closure on a hot, dry
day would be
A) release of K+ ions to the apoplast and subsidiary
cells.
B) displacement of Ca++ ions from the thick inner walls
of the guard cells.
C) disassembly of the microfibrils in the cell walls of
the subsidiary cells.
D) upregulation of aquaporin synthesis.
E) downregulation of extension proteins.
Answer: A
60) What is the driving force for the movement of solutes
in the phloem of plants?
A) gravity
B) a difference in water potential (Ψ) between the source
and the sink
C) root pressure
D) transpiration of water through the stomata
E) adhesion of water to phloem sieve tubes
Answer: B
61) Phloem transport of sucrose is often described as
going from source to sink. Which of the following would not normally function
as a sink?
A) growing leaf
B) growing root
C) storage organ in summer
D) mature leaf
E) shoot tip
Answer: D
62) Which of the following is a correct statement about
sugar movement in phloem?
A) Diffusion can account for the observed rates of
transport.
B) Movement can occur both upward and downward in the
plant.
C) Sugar is translocated from sinks to sources.
D) Only phloem cells with nuclei can perform sugar
movement.
E) Sugar transport does not require energy.
Answer: B
63) Phloem transport is described as being from source to
sink. Which of the following would most accurately complete this statement
about phloem transport as applied to most plants in the late spring?
Phloem transports ________ from the ________ source to
the ________ sink.
A) amino acids; root; mycorrhizae
B) sugars; leaf; apical meristem
C) nucleic acids; flower; root
D) proteins; root; leaf
E) sugars; stem; root
Answer: B
64) Arrange the following five events in an order that
explains the mass flow of materials in the phloem.
1. Water diffuses into the sieve tubes.
2. Leaf cells produce sugar by photosynthesis.
3. Solutes are actively transported into sieve tubes.
4. Sugar is transported from cell to cell in the leaf.
5. Sugar moves down the stem.
A) 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
B) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
C) 2, 4, 3, 1, 5
D) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
E) 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
Answer: C
65) Water flows into the source end of a sieve tube
because
A) sucrose has diffused into the sieve tube, making it
hypertonic.
B) sucrose has been actively transported into the sieve
tube, making it hypertonic.
C) water pressure outside the sieve tube forces in water.
D) the companion cell of a sieve tube actively pumps in
water.
E) sucrose has been transported out of the sieve tube by
active transport.
Answer: B
66) Which one of the following statements about transport
of nutrients in phloem is false?
A) Solute particles can be actively transported into
phloem at the source.
B) Companion cells control the rate and direction of
movement of phloem sap.
C) Differences in osmotic concentration at the source and
sink cause a hydrostatic pressure gradient to be formed.
D) A sink is that part of the plant where a particular
solute is consumed or stored.
E) A sink may be located anywhere in the plant.
Answer: B
67) According to the pressure flow hypothesis of phloem
transport,
A) solute moves from a high concentration in the source
to a lower concentration in the sink.
B) water is actively transported into the source region
of the phloem to create the turgor pressure needed.
C) the combination of a high turgor pressure in the
source and transpiration water loss from the sink moves solutes through phloem
conduits.
D) the formation of starch from sugar in the sink
increases the osmotic concentration.
E) the pressure in the phloem of a root is normally
greater than the pressure in the phloem of a leaf.
Answer: A
68) Plants do not have a circulatory system like that of
some animals. If a water molecule did "circulate" (that is, go from
one point in a plant to another and back in the same day), it would require the
activity of
A) only the xylem.
B) only the phloem.
C) only the endodermis.
D) both the xylem and the endodermis.
E) both the xylem and the phloem.
Answer: E
69) Long-distance electrical signaling in the phloem has
been shown to elicit a change in all of the following except
A) rapid leaf movement.
B) gene transcription.
C) a switch from C4 to C3 photosynthesis.
D) gene transcription.
E) phloem unloading.
Answer: C
70) Plasmodesmata can change in number, and when dilated
can provide a passageway for
A) macromolecules such as RNA and proteins.
B) ribosomes.
C) chloroplasts.
D) mitochondria.
E) cytoskeletal components.
Answer: A
71. The following photo shows a strawberry leaf displaying
guttation.
Answer the following question regarding guttation.
What is the main cause of guttation in plants?
A) root pressure
B) transpiration
C) pressure flow in phloem
D) plant injury
E) condensation of atmospheric water
Answer: A
72) 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 10 square meters. Where is the most likely environment
where this leaf was growing?
A) a dry, sandy region
B) a large, still pond
C) a tropical rain forest
D) an oasis within a grassland
E) the floor of a deciduous forest
Answer: C
73) Several tomato plants are growing in a small garden
plot. If soil water potential were to drop significantly on a hot summer
afternoon, which of the following would most likely occur?
A) Stomatal apertures would decrease.
B) Transpiration would increase.
C) The leaves would become more turgid.
D) The uptake of CO2 would be enhanced.
E) The proton gradient would dissipate.
Answer: A
74) The symplast transports all of the following except
A) sugars.
B) mRNA.
C) DNA.
D) proteins.
E) viruses.
Answer: C
75) Which of the following is an adaptation that enhances
the uptake of water and minerals by roots?
A) mycorrhizae
B) cavitation
C) active uptake by vessel elements
D) rhythmic contractions by cortical cells
E) pumping through plasmodesmata
Answer: A
76) Which structure or compartment is part of the
symplast?
A) the interior of a vessel element
B) the interior of a sieve tube
C) the cell wall of a mesophyll cell
D) an extracellular air space
E) the cell wall of a root hair
Answer: B
77) Movement of phloem sap from a source to a sink
A) occurs through the apoplast of sieve-tube elements.
B) depends ultimately on the activity of proton pumps.
C) depends on tension, or negative pressure potential.
D) depends on pumping water into sieve tubes at the
source.
E) results mainly from diffusion.
Answer: B
78) Photosynthesis ceases when leaves wilt, mainly
because
A) the chlorophyll in wilting leaves is degraded.
B) flaccid mesophyll cells are incapable of
photosynthesis.
C) stomata close, preventing CO₂ from entering the leaf.
D) photolysis, the water-splitting step of
photosynthesis, cannot occur when there is a water deficiency.
E) accumulation of CO₂ in the leaf inhibits enzymes.
Answer: C
79) What would enhance water uptake by a plant cell?
A) decreasing the Ψ of the surrounding solution
B) increasing the pressure exerted by the cell wall
C) the loss of solutes from the cell
D) increasing the Ψ of the cytoplasm
E) positive pressure on the surrounding solution
Answer: E
80) 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
A) ΨP of +0.65 MPa.
B) Ψ of -0.65 MPa.
C) ΨP of +0.35 MPa.
D) ΨP of +0.30 MPa.
E) Ψ of 0 MPa.
Answer: C
81) Compared with a cell with few aquaporins in its
membrane, a cell containing many aquaporins will
A) have a faster rate of osmosis.
B) have a lower water potential.
C) have a higher water potential.
D) have a faster rate of active transport.
E) accumulate water by active transport.
Answer: A
82) Which of the following would tend to increase
transpiration?
A) a rainstorm
B) sunken stomata
C) a thicker cuticle
D) higher stomatal density
E) spiny leaves
Answer: D
