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Where is the Sonoran Desert? – Correct Answers ✅located in Southern
California, Arizona, and Mexico
abiotic factors of Sonoran desert? – Correct Answers ✅very little rain year
round
some months there is no rain at all
overall high avg. temp
summer is too hot for plants to grow well
spring is too dry
winter is the only decent month
Plants make up _% of the earths biomass. – Correct Answers ✅80%
Bio 1108 test 3 Pucko UGA (200+ Questions) Verified
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humans make up _% of the earth’s biomass – Correct Answers ✅0.01%
what season is the growing season for the Sonoran desert? – Correct
Answers ✅winter
annual plants – Correct Answers ✅Plants that live for only one year
Perennial plants – Correct Answers ✅Plants that grow year after year
photosynthesis reaction – Correct Answers ✅6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy –>
C6H12O6 + 6O2
what plant organ obtains water? – Correct Answers ✅roots
what will happen to the stomata if there is an unlimited supply of water for a
plant? – Correct Answers ✅stay open, allow continuous gas exchange
what would happen if the stomata never opened? – Correct Answers ✅no
photosynthesis because no CO2
Bio 1108 test 3 Pucko UGA (200+ Questions) Verified
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oxygen toxicity can also be a result
plenty of water tho!
why do plants grow slower when it’s dry? – Correct Answers ✅conserving
water, so they don’t really open their stomata that often
what happens if a plant grows too fast? – Correct Answers ✅run out of
water
what happens if a plant grows too slow ? – Correct Answers ✅little gas
exchange, might get out-competed by other plants
rate of H2O loss – Correct Answers ✅how fast water transpires increases
with the gradient
does water always escape at the same rate? – Correct Answers ✅no
Bio 1108 test 3 Pucko UGA (200+ Questions) Verified
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under what environmental conditions will a plant wilt faster? – Correct
Answers ✅dry and windy
temperature
surface area
transpiration – Correct Answers ✅evaporation from plants-part of the water
cycle
total amount of water lost – Correct Answers ✅depends on the amt. of time
stomata are open and rate
what were the environmental conditions that increased the speed that a
plant will wilt? – Correct Answers ✅1) heat
2) low humidity (dry)
3) windy