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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 |
| 1. In
general, which parts of the plants have the highest water contents and
which parts have the lowest water contents? |
| 2. Can
you explain why the stem of the pine tree has less water than the stem
of the asparagus? |
| 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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