Transport

Question 1

What do roots do?

Answer 1

• They take up water and mineral salts from the soil

Question 2

What do surface of roots have?

Answer 2

• Specalised root hair cells with long thin extensions that reach into the surround soil

Question 3

What do ‘Root Hairs’ provide?

Answer 3

• They provide a long surface area for substances to enter the root

Question 4

What do plants have to use for transport?

Answer 4

• Specalised tissue called xylem to transport tissue and dissolved mineral salts