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    This document describes plant adaptations that help desert plants survive dry conditions. It discusses the roots of the Joshua tree and how its shallow roots spread over a large area and deep bulb-like roots provide advantages. The shallow roots absorb more water from rainfall over a larger area, while the deep roots store water for stability and safety. Creosote bush leaves are covered in wax that reflects heat and prevents water loss from folding together during the day. The stomata of desert plants remain nearly closed during the day to reduce water loss through transpiration, while the stomata of non-desert plants remain open longer when it is light to absorb carbon dioxide.

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    This document describes plant adaptations that help desert plants survive dry conditions. It discusses the roots of the Joshua tree and how its shallow roots spread over a large area and deep bulb-like roots provide advantages. The shallow roots absorb more water from rainfall over a larger area, while the deep roots store water for stability and safety. Creosote bush leaves are covered in wax that reflects heat and prevents water loss from folding together during the day. The stomata of desert plants remain nearly closed during the day to reduce water loss through transpiration, while the stomata of non-desert plants remain open longer when it is light to absorb carbon dioxide.

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    B16.8 Plant Adaptations Practice Exam Q H

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    B16.

    8 Plant Adaptations Practice Exam Question - H

    11 marks

    Q1.          Desert plants are adapted for survival in a dry climate.

    (a)     Joshua trees live in deserts.

    Joshua trees have two different types of root:

    •    a system of shallow roots spread out over a large area•    roots about 1 m in
    diameter, shaped like bulbs, deep in the soil.

    Explain the advantage to the Joshua tree of having:

    (i)      shallow roots spread out over a large area

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    (2)

    (ii)     large, bulb-like roots deep in the soil.

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    (b)     Creosote bushes also live in deserts.

    The leaves of creosote bushes:•    are covered with a layer of wax


    •    fold together during the day.

    Explain how the leaves of the Creosote bush help it to survive in deserts.

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    (Total 6 marks)

    Q2.Plant leaves have many stomata.


    The diagram shows a stoma.

    (a)     Name cell X . ………………………………………………..


    (1)

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    (b)     The table shows the mean widths of the stomata at different times of the day for two

    different species of plant.


    Species A grows in hot, dry deserts.
    Species B grows in the UK.
     
    Mean width of stomata as a percentage
       
    Time of day in of their maximum width
    hours
        Species A Species B

        0 95 5

      Dark 2 86 5

        4 52 6

        6 6 40

        8 4 92

        10 2 98

      Light 12 1 100

        14 0 100

        16 1 96

        18 5 54

        20 86 6

      Dark 22 93 5

        24 95 5

    The data in the table show that species A is better adapted than species B to living in hot, dry
    deserts.

    Explain how.

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    B16.8 Plant Adaptations Practice Exam Question - H

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    (Total 5 marks)

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    M1.         (a)      (i)     increased water uptake


    ignore nutrients / food
    allow quicker water uptake
    allow collects water over larger area
    1

    (after) rain
    accept ideas in terms of more successful competitor
    1

    (ii)     water storage or stability or safety from predators


    ignore absorption of water from soil
    1

    (b)     reduces water loss / evaporation


    accept reduces transpiration
    allow stops water loss
    1

    wax protects plant or reflects heat or keeps plant cool or unpalatable


    ignore reflects light
    1

    folding reduces surface area or folding reduces warming


    accept enclosed stomata or less exposure of stomata or
    increased humidity or less water concentration gradient
    allow prevents burning
    ignore less likely to be damaged
    1
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    M2.(a)    guard cell
    ignore stoma / stomata
    1

    (b)     Species A :
    allow converse points for species B

    stomata open in dark / at night or close in light / in day


    1

    stomata closed during warm(est) period or open when cool(er)


    1

    heat (energy) /warmth increases evaporation / transpiration


    must give explicit link between heat and transpiration
    1

    reduces water loss / evaporation / transpiration


    ignore photosynthesis
    1
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