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Name:___________________________________
Class Period:__________________________________
Turgor Pressure Virtual Lab
Watch Part 1
Watch Part 2
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Which animals exerted a force? List them below.
Watch Part 3
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_______________ helps seeds sprout.
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Plants use _________________ to _______________________.
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Plants use forces to _____________________________.
Watch Part 4
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What is turgor pressure?
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How does turgor pressure affect a plant cell?
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Water moves from an area of __________concentration to ____________ concentration in a process
called________________.
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The central _______________ stores water in a plant cell.
Watch Part 5 for virtual lab instructions, then hit the next arrow to move forward.
Watch Part 6. Write down your prediction that you made below.
Watch Part 7. Write down your plan for investigating how water exerts a force in a plant in the space below.
Was you plan thorough and correct?
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Class Period:__________________________________
Part 8. Perform the Virtual Lab and fill in the table below with your findings.
Water Amount
Condition of Plant
Pressure in (MPa)
Condition of Cell
Part 9. Record you conclusion in the space below.
How can you tell the water exerted a force on the cell?
Part 10. How does your conclusion compare to how scientists explain turgor pressure? Write your answer in the space
below.
Watch Part 11.
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Name a sketch two of the tropisms that were shown.
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What do you think caused the roots and the shoots to grow in the direction that they did?
Watch Part 12.
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What is a force?
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__________________ affects the way that plants grow.