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AP Water Potential Practice Questions

This document contains 7 sample questions about water potential (Ψ) for an AP exam. The questions ask students to calculate Ψ values based on given information about plant or root cell Ψp and Ψs values. They are also asked to determine the direction of net water flow between cells and solutions with different Ψs. Students are instructed to show their work and explain their answers.

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AP Water Potential Practice Questions

This document contains 7 sample questions about water potential (Ψ) for an AP exam. The questions ask students to calculate Ψ values based on given information about plant or root cell Ψp and Ψs values. They are also asked to determine the direction of net water flow between cells and solutions with different Ψs. Students are instructed to show their work and explain their answers.

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AP Water Potential Sample Questions

Name______________________________________ Date___________________

Answer the following questions and justify your answers.


Show your work and explain your answer.

1. If a plant cells P = 2 bars and its S = -3.5 bars, what is the


resulting ?

2. The plant cell from question #1 is placed in a beaker of sugar


water with S = -4.0 bars. In which direction will the net flow
of water be?

3. The original cell from question # 1 is placed in a beaker of


sugar water with S = -0.15 MPa (megapascals). We know that
1 MPa = 10 bars. In which direction will the net flow of water
be?
4. The value for in root tissue was found to be -3.3 bars. If you
place the root tissue in a 0.1 M solution of sucrose at 20C in
an open beaker, what is the of the solution, and in which
direction would the net flow of water be?

5. NaCl dissociates into 2 particles in water: Na+ and Cl- . If the


solution in question 4 contained 0.1 M NaCl instead of 0.1 M
sucrose, what is the of the solution, and in which direction
would the net flow of water be?

6. A plant cell with a s of -7.5 bars keeps a constant volume


when immersed in an open-beaker solution that has a s of -4
bars. What is the cells P?

7. At 20C, a plant cell containing 0.6 M glucose is in equilibrium


with its surrounding solution containing 0.5 M glucose in an
open container. What is the cells P?

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