Exam 26: Plant Nutrition and Transport

According to the pressure flow theory of phloem transport, the source region is most often the ____.

Match each description to the most appropriate term. -sieve tube members

The process by which water moving through soil removes and carries away nutrients is ____.

When the solute concentration increases at a source region, the fluid in a ____ becomes ____.

The partially decayed organic material found in soil is called ____.

The upward movement of water in vascular plants occurs as a consequence of ____.

In terms of their xylem cells, most gymnosperms have ____ while angiosperms have ____.

​What kind of trees were planted at J-Field as part of the phytoremediation strategy?

Which factor is least likely to act as a cue to signal the opening and closing of stomata?

Sugars leave the source region and immediately enter into a ____, followed by direct movement into the ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are macronutrients. Select the exception.

Match each description to the most appropriate term. -nodules

Sieve tubes are different from vessel members because they ____.

Large pressure gradients arise in sieve tube systems by means of ____.

What is the best description of a mycorrhizae?

​What phytoremediation strategy, best for cleaning up metal pollutants, is being used at the Chernobyl nuclear power accident site in Ukraine?

At a low sugar region of a plant, sugars move from ____ into ____.

Typically, water and minerals absorbed by plant roots first enter through the ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are the most common sinks for sugar deposition. Select the exception.

How are poplar trees being used to remove the toxin TCE from the soil at J-field?