Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Osmosis

Osmosis — practice question

(a)[2]

Fig. 4.1 shows a palisade mesophyll cell. Identify and label the nucleus and a chloroplast on Fig. 4.1.

(b(i))[2]

Describe what has happened to the cell between Fig. 4.1 and Fig. 4.2.

(b(ii))[3]

Explain why the cell in Fig. 4.2 has changed.

(b(iii))[1]

Suggest how the cell in Fig. 4.2 could be treated so that it would return to its original appearance in Fig. 4.1.

(c(i))[1]

State the name of the tissue that carries water up the stem and into a leaf in a plant.

(c(ii))[3]

Identify and label, using the letter W, where the water transport tissue is in each of the root, the stem and the leaf, on Fig. 4.3.

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