What Adaptations Would Panic Grass Growing at 65°C Need to Employ

question 31

Multiple Choice

What adaptations would panic grass growing at 65°C need to employ to avoid dehydration?

• A)Transpiration would increase
• B)Uptake of water through the phloem would increase
• C)Transport of sugars through the xylem would decrease
• D)Their stomata would be closed
• E)Their flowers would open

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

A defense mechanism is a psychological strategy used unconsciously to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual redirects emotional or physical responses from the intended target to another, often less threatening, target.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Projection

In psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism of attributing to somebody else a thought or impulse one fears in oneself.