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How Plants Feed
Reference chapter
Question 4
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The table below shows the amount of water in different parts of plants.
Part of the plant |
Name of the Plant |
Water Content (%) |
Roots |
Pine tree |
90 |
Carrot |
88 |
Sunflower |
71 |
Stem |
Asparagus |
88 |
Sunflower |
87 |
Pine tree |
55 |
Leaves |
Lettuce |
95 |
Sunflower |
81 |
Maize |
77 |
Fruits |
Tomato |
94 |
Strawberry |
89 |
Apple |
84 |
Seeds |
Barley |
10 |
Peanut |
5 |
Sunflower |
11 |
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1. In general, which parts of the plants have the highest water contents and which parts have the lowest water contents? |
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2. Can you explain why the stem of the pine tree has less water than the stem of the asparagus? |
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3. Draw a bar chart from the results for the sunflower |
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4. Explain how water gets into the plant. |
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