3. TranspirationFactors…TropismsFunction 100 200 400 300 400 300 200 400 200 100 500 100

4. Openings on the underside of leaves through which water is released into the atmosphere What are stomata? Category 1 Question 1

5. The loss of water in liquid form from an uninjured leaf or stem What is guttation? Category 1 Question 2

6. The amount of moisture in the atmosphere that comes from plants’ transpiration What is 10%? Category 1 Question 3

7. The coolest science teacher ever Who is Mrs. Fritton? Category 1 Question 4

8. The amount of water a large oak tree can transpire in just one year What is 40,000 gsllons? Category 1 Question 5

9. Plants transpire more rapidly in this as it stimulates the opening of the stomata What is light? Category 2 Question 1

10. Transpiration rates increase when this increases; stomata tend to close when it decreases What is temperature? Category 2 Question 2

11. As this characteristic of the air rises, transpiration rates fall What is relative humidity? Category 2 Question 3

12. Movement of this can result in higher levels of transpiration What is air (i.e. wind!)? Category 2 Question 4

13. The premature aging of a plant, can result in leaf loss What is senesce? Category 2 Question 5

14. A plant’s response to light What is a phototropism? Category 3 Question 1

15. A plant’s response to gravity What is a geotropism? Category 3 Question 2

16. A plant’s response to water What is a hydrotropism? Category 3 Question 3

17. A plant’s response to touch What is a thigmotropism? Category 3 Question 4

18. If a plant grows toward a stimulus, it is showing this type of tropism What is a positive one? Category 3 Question 5

19. Vascular tissue through which nutrients travel downward through a plant’s stem What is phloem? Category 4 Question 1

20. Vascular tissue through which nutrients travel upward through a plant What is xylem? Category 4 Question 2

21. Organs where a plant’s food is made, also allow for exchange of gases and water What are leaves? Category 4 Question 3

22. These absorb nutrients and help anchor a plant in the ground What are roots? Category 4 Question 4

23. Category 4 Question 5 Can be herbaceous or woody; provide support for a plant What is a stem?