Transport, Storage and Gas Exchange in Flowering Plants (LC 2026) (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What substance do the tap roots of carrots and parsnips store?
What substance do the tap roots of carrots and parsnips store?
Starch
During which season do plants like carrots typically store food in their tap roots?
During which season do plants like carrots typically store food in their tap roots?
Summer months
What form is glucose converted into before transport to the tap root?
What form is glucose converted into before transport to the tap root?
Sucrose
What are bulbs in plants?
What are bulbs in plants?
Modified leaves
Which of these plants store food in bulbs?
Which of these plants store food in bulbs?
Onions and garlic
What are potatoes classified as?
What are potatoes classified as?
Tubers
What are tubers?
What are tubers?
Underground stems swollen with food
What method of reproduction does tuber formation in potatoes represent?
What method of reproduction does tuber formation in potatoes represent?
Asexual reproduction
Which plants store food in their modified petioles?
Which plants store food in their modified petioles?
Celery and rhubarb
In which plant part does celery store food?
In which plant part does celery store food?
Petiole
Where is glucose produced before being transported to the tap root?
Where is glucose produced before being transported to the tap root?
In the leaves
What happens to sucrose when it reaches the tap root?
What happens to sucrose when it reaches the tap root?
It is stored as starch