Transport In Plants

Question 1

Transportation in a root hair hair cell

Answer 1

The concentration of mineral ions is usually higher in the cell than the soil

Mineral ions are absorbed through Active transport and water is absorbed through Osmosis

Question 2

Transportation in the phloem tube

Answer 2

Process is called Translocation, requires energy from respiration

Made of columns of elongated living cells with pores in the end walls to allow things to flow through

They transport food, mainly sucrose which is made in the leaves