Cellular Transport Process

Question 1

The most abundant inorganic compound in plant cells

Answer 1

water

Question 2

Cell metabolism is carried out in _________

Answer 2

Watery environments

Question 3

Water constitutes _______ of the fresh weight of the protoplasm

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

Substances are absorbed and transported into and throughout the plant using different _________

Answer 4

Transport processes

Question 5

movement of particles as a result of their kinetic energy from region of higher to a region of a lower concentration

Answer 5

Diffusion

Question 6

Movement of water across a differently permeable membrane between two solutions

Answer 6

Osmosis

Question 7

Direction of movement of osmosis

Answer 7

From higher to lower water potentials