the movement of water and ions through transpiration

Question 1

what are the three stages of water movement

Answer 1

1 - water is absorbed across the root hair cell
2 - water moves up the stem
3 - water movement out of leaf

Question 2

what happens in the first stage of water movement in a plant

Answer 2

• water is absorbed by the root hair cells

1 - water enters the root hair cell via osmosis
- ions enter the root by facilitated diffusion or active transport depening on concentration gradient

2. • once the water or ions is in the root it then travels through the tissue layers of the root through either the symplast pathway or apoplast pathway