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Movement of water from a root hair to xylem cannot take place entirely through the apoplast pathway due to cell in the
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Important Questions on Transport in Plants
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How does the surface area:volume ratio change with increasing size?
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Why large multicellular organisms like plants and animals need a transport system?
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List the errors in drawing technique that can spot in the left-hand half of the drawing of the diagram given below.
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Explain how water moves from the soil into a root hair cell.
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Explain how water moves from a xylem vessel into a leaf mesophyll cell.
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An instrument called a dendrogram can be used to measure small changes in the diameter of a tree trunk. The instrument usually shows that the diameter of the tree trunk is at its lowest during daylight hours and at its greatest at night. Suggest an explanation for these observations.
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Translocation of organic solutes takes place between sources and sinks. Suggest two possible roles for glucose in a storage organ when it is a sink.
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Transloction of organic solutes takes place between sources and sinks. Suggest two possible roles for glucose in a growing bud when it is a sink.
