Transpiration and Translocation

Question 1

What is transpiration?

Answer 1

loss of water from the plant caused by evaporation and diffusion from the plant surface at leaves.

Question 2

What is translocation?

Answer 2

transportation of food substances for immediate use or storage.

Question 3

Phloem tubes?

Answer 3

made of columns of elongated living cells with small pores in the end walls to allow cell sap to flow through transporting food substances.

Question 4

Xylem tubes?

Answer 4

made of dead cells joined end to end with no end walls between them and a hole down the middle, they’re strengthened with a material called lignin.
carries water and mineral ions from roots to stem and leaves.