9 Transport In Plants

Question 1

What is the cohesion-tension theory?

Answer 1

The model of water moving from soil in continuous stream up xylem and across leaf.
(How the transpiration stream works)

Question 2

What happens with the large amounts of glucose produced by the leaves through photosynthesis?

Answer 2

Converted to sucrose for transport.
When it reaches cells it’s converted back to glucose for respiration or to starch for storage or used to produce amino acids or other compounds needed within the cell.