Nutrition and Transport in Plants 4CD

Nutrition and Transport in Plants

Open Ended

Which is the organelle that carries out photosynthesis in a plant cell?

Open Ended

What is/are required for photosynthesis?

​Photosynthesis Word Eqn

carbon dioxide + water ------------> oxygen + glucose

chlorophyll

light energy

carbon dioxide + water ------------> oxygen + glucose

chlorophyll

light energy

​in the form of sucrose to other parts of the plant

Open Ended

The vascular tissue in plant that transports water and dissolved mineral salts is

Open Ended

The vascular tissue in plant that carries manufactured food (sucrose) and amino acids is

Xylem transports water and dissolved mineral salts (from roots to leave).

Phloem transports sucrose and amino acids (from leaves to other parts of the plant)

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​Vascular bundle

​What do you observe as a key differences between xylem and phloem?


Anything else that you observe in these diagrams?