Plant tissues, organs and systems exam tips

Exam tips

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to describe translocation as the movement of dissolved sugars through phloem..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain the role of stomata and guard cells in controlling gas exchange and water loss..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain how root hair cells are adapted for absorbing water by osmosis and mineral ions by active transport..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain how xylem is adapted to transport water and mineral ions from roots to stems and leaves..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain how lignin strengthens xylem vessels for transport in the transpiration stream..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain how phloem transports dissolved sugars for immediate use or storage..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain that phloem is made of elongated cells joined through pores in the end walls..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to recall that detailed phloem structure and transport mechanism are not required..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain how temperature, humidity, air movement and light intensity affect the rate of transpiration..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.

• Plant organ system exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to measure transpiration rate by water uptake in a practical investigation..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Plant organ system.