Parasitic fungi will usually attack a plant through stomata on the root surface.

Question

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Answer 1

False

Clarify Question
• What is the key concept addressed by the question?
        o This question is asking about how parasitic fungi enter a plant.
• What type of thinking is required?
        o You are being asked to take what you already know and apply it to how parasitic fungi enter plant hosts.
• What key words does the question contain and what do they mean?
        o Parasitic, which is an organism that feeds off another organism.
        o Stomata, which are small openings on the surface of a plant.

Gather Content
• What do you already know about about how parasitic fungi interact with plants? How does it relate to the question?
        o Parasitic fungi do enter their host plants through stomata.
        o Stomata occur on the leaves of plants.

Consider Possibilities
• What other information is related to the question? Which information is most useful?
        o Stomata do not occur on the roots of plants.

Choose Answer
• Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to produce the correct answer?
        o Although parasitic fungi do enter a host plant through stomata, this occurs on the leaves of plants.  Roots do not possess stomata.

Reflect on Process
• Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
• Apply level:
        o This question asked you to assess the route of entry for parasitic fungi into a plant host.  Answering this question correctly depended on your ability to use the pathway for parasitic fungi in a new situation.  If you got the correct answer, great job! If you got an incorrect answer, where did the process break down? Did you remember that parasitic fungi enter a plant through the stomata, and that stomata occur on the leaves of a plant? Did you have trouble extending the mode of entry to determine the correct answer?