Exam 1 (physiological Support)

2024
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Choose the correct answer

1- When placing pea seeds in the marinade, Which of the following choices
expresses what happens to seed size and physiological support, respectively?
A- increase / increase
B- Decrease/ decrease
C- increase/decrease
D- decrease / increase
2- Which of the following is responsible for the physiological support of plants ?
A- cell membrane
B- cell wall
C- Sap vacuole
D- A , C
3- Study the corresponding figure well, then conclude:
What is the basic structure responsible for A
straightening the leaves of the parsley plant at the D
beginning of the day? B

A: C
C
B: d
C: a
D: b

4- What is the main part for the straightness of mint plant stem after
watering?
a) Sap vacuoles.
b) Cell walls.
c) Nuclei.
d) Mitochondria

5- Which of the following cells acquired a physiological support on watering the plant?
a) Sieve tubes.
b) Xylem vessels.
c) Stone cells.
d) Parenchyma cells.

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6- Which of the following substances provides the rigidity and structure to the labeled
part of the diagram?

A- Chitin
B- Cellulose
C- Cutin
D- Suberin
7- Which of the following mainly controls the opening and closure of the stomata in
plants?

a) The active transport of water

b) Cell turgidity
c) The lignin in the cell walls
d) The cutin layer deposited on the leaf
8- From the opposite figure which represents the lower surface of a herbaceous plant
leaf:

(a) What is the reason for maintaining the cells (X) their characteristic shape?
a) The presence of cellulose wall.
b) The absence of plastids.
c) The deposition of lignin in their walls.

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 d) The deposition of suberin in their walls.
(b) What is the reason for changing the shape of cells (Y) throughout the day?
a) The deposition of lignin.
b) The cytoplasmic movement.
c) The deposition of cellulose.
d) The water movement.

9- Three plant cells from different plants were put in three solutions with
equal concentrations separately. From the opposite figure, which of the
following plant cells has(have) the least osmolarity before putting it(them) in
the solution?

a) (1) only
b) (2) & (6)
c) (2) only
d) (3) only.
10- Two cells of onion plant were separated, one of them was separated from
the root epidermis and the other was from the leaf epidermis, then each of

them were put in two solutions with equal concentrations for an equal period
of time and the result was as shown in the opposite figure. Which of the
following is correct about the two cells before carrying out the experiment?
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 a) The osmolarity of the sap vacuole of cell (1) is larger than the
osmolarity of the sap vacuole of cell (2).
b) (b) The osmolarity of the sap vacuole of the two cells is larger than the
osmolarity of the two solutions.
c) The osmolarity of the sap vacuole of cell (2) is larger than the
osmolarity of the sap vacuole of cell (1).
d) The osmolarity of the sap vacuole of cell (1) is equal to the osmolarity
of the sap vacuole of cell (2)
11- The physiological support of the cell in the opposite figure is affected
by the action of two structures
no. ………. respectively.

a) (4) and (3)

b) (2) and (3)
c) (3) and (1)
d) (1) and (3)

12- What is the reason for the swelling of the plant cells when watering?
a) The exit of sugar out of them by diffusion.
b) The entry of water into them by diffusion.
c) The exit of sugar out of them by osmosis.
d) The entry of water into them by osmosis.

13- Which of the following interprets the tension of the plant cell walls?
a) Acquiring physiological support.
b) Losing physiological support.
c) Acquiring structural support.
d) Losing structural support.
14- The opposite graph illustrates the results of an experiment in which a
piece of potato (X) was placed in a salty solution for a certain period of time,
then it was replaced by a piece (Y) for the same period of time, then the piece
(Y) was replaced by the piece (Z) for the same period of time. Which of the
potato pieces, the concentration of the vacuoles inside its(their) cells is equal
to the solution concentration ?

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 a) (X) & (Y).
b) (Z) only.
c) (Y) & (Z).
d) (X) only.
15- If you know that Amoeba is from protozoa that lives in freshwater and
can get rid of excess water that enters the cell by contractile sap vacuoles,
when plant cell, Amoeba and red blood cell are put separately in three test
tubes containing distilled water. What would you expect to happen to the
three cells
after a period of time?

A It bursts It swells Not affected

B Not affected It shrinks It shrinks

C It shrinks It bursts It swells

D It swells Not affected It bursts

16- How far are these statements "most mature living plant cells contain
large-sized sap vacuoles", "these vacuoles help the cells in water
absorption by diffusion" correct?
a) The two statements are correct and related.
b) The two statements are correct and unrelated.
c) The first statement is correct and the second statement is wrong.
d) The first statement is wrong and the second statement is correct

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17- . If a plant cell is put in a solution with a certain concentration, so that
it becomes as shown in the opposite figure, in which of the following
solution concentrations the plant cell is put ?

a) 0.2%
b) 0.6%
c) 0.8%
d) 3%
18- In the opposite figure, which of the following choices represents the
changes that occur in plant cells of the illustrated fruit?

Osmotic Turgor Size of cells

pressure pressure
a Increases Decreases Increases

b Constant Constant Constant

c Increases Decreases Decreases

d Decreases Increases Increases

19- Which of the following explains the swelling of the

illustrated raisins in the opposite figure, when put in

the solution?
a) Higher concentration of mineral salts in raisins
cells than that in the solution.
b) Lower osmotic pressure in raisins cells than that
in the solution.
c) Higher concentration of solvent in the solution than its
concentration in raisins cells.
d) Deposition of cellulose substance which is permeable to
water on the cell walls of raisins.
20- A plant cell was added to three solutions equal in concentration,
sequentially as illustrated in the opposite figure, where their concentrations
are lower than that of the cell.

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Which of the following choices represents the expected fate of the plant cell
when put in these three solutions?
a) Turgor pressure of the cell increases in the first solution and decreases in
both second and third solutions.
b) The intracellular osmotic pressure decreases in first solution and does
not change in second and third solutions
c) Turgor pressure of the cell increases in both first and second solutions
and decreases in the third solution.
d) The intracellular osmotic pressure decreases when it is put in each of the
three solutions.
21- In a laboratory experiment to study the effect of osmosis on plant cells, a
piece of The potato was put in a concentrated solution for 10 minutes. Which
of the following figures illustrates the changes that appear on the cells of the
potato piece over time?
a)

b)

c)

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Essay Questions

22- When you leave your plants without irrigation, the leaves will wilt, and
sometimes the stems will become soft and very loose, but the wilting plants
will restore their turgidity by their irrigation within a few hours”:
What happened to the plants and caused the change of their shape and
texture?
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23- definition of Physiological support
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24- give Example on physiological support
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