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    Vascular tissues transport water, minerals and organic compounds in plants. Xylem transports water and minerals upwards from the roots to the leaves. It is made of thick walled cells joined end to end with lignin to provide strength. Phloem transports sucrose and amino acids bidirectionally between leaves and other plant parts. Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the leaves, which creates a transpiration stream that pulls water up the xylem. Factors like temperature, humidity and light intensity affect the transpiration rate.

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    Vascular tissues transport water, minerals and organic compounds in plants. Xylem transports water and minerals upwards from the roots to the leaves. It is made of thick walled cells joined end to end with lignin to provide strength. Phloem transports sucrose and amino acids bidirectionally between leaves and other plant parts. Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the leaves, which creates a transpiration stream that pulls water up the xylem. Factors like temperature, humidity and light intensity affect the transpiration rate.

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    Vascular tissues transport water, minerals and organic compounds in plants. Xylem transports water and minerals upwards from the roots to the leaves. It is made of thick walled cells joined end to end with lignin to provide strength. Phloem transports sucrose and amino acids bidirectionally between leaves and other plant parts. Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the leaves, which creates a transpiration stream that pulls water up the xylem. Factors like temperature, humidity and light intensity affect the transpiration rate.

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    Transport in plants

    Vascular Tissues
    • Vascular tissues are the transport tissues in
    plants:
    • 1. Xylem
    • 2. Phloem
    Xylem
    • Function:
    • It transports water and dissolved mineral ions
    from roots up to the leaves.
    • It provides mechanical support to the plant.
    Structural adaptations of Xylem
    • It is a hollow, long, narrow and cylindrical tube/
    vessel.
    • The cells are joined end to end
    • The cells have no contents for faster transport of
    water and dissolved minerals
    • The cell walls of xylem is thickened with lignin
    which makes it strong, impermeable, thus
    provide mechanical support to the plant
    • Transports water and minerals only in 1 direction
    Phloem
    • It is responsible to transport sucrose and
    amino acids from leaves (source) to all the
    parts of the plant (sink)
    • Structure:
    The direction of transport in phloem is bidirectional
    Transverse section of a root
    Transverse section of a stem
    Water Uptake
    Structural Adaptations of root hair cells
    • Q. How are salts taken up by the root hair
    cells?
    Transpiration
    • Evaporation of water vapours from the surface
    of the leaves through stomata.
    • Advantages of Transpiration:
    • 1. It cools down the plant
    • 2. It helps the water molecules to move
    upwards in the xylem vessel from roots to the
    leaves in a plant
    • How does Transpiration Occur?
    • Evaporation takes place from the surfaces of
    spongy mesophyll cells
    • The many interconnecting air spaces between
    these cells and the stomata creates a large
    surface area
    • This means evaporation can happen
    rapidly when stomata are open
    • How is the Transpiration Stream Created?
    • Water molecules are attracted to each other by cohesion –
    creating a continuous column of water up the plant
    • Water moves through the xylem vessels in a
    continuous transpiration stream from roots to leaves via the stem
    • Transpiration produces a tension or ‘pull’ on the water in the
    xylem vessels by the leaves
    • As water molecules are held together by cohesive forces (each
    individual molecule ‘pulls’ on the one below it), so water is pulled
    up through the plant
    • If the rate of transpiration from the leaves increases, water
    molecules are pulled up the xylem vessels quicker
    Factors Effecting the rate of Transpiration

    • Temperature -> an increase in temperature will


    increase the rate of transpiration
    • Humidity -> an increase in humidity will decrease
    the rate of transpiration
    • Wind speed -> an increase in wind speed will
    increase the rate of transpiration
    • Light intensity -> an increase in light intensity will
    increase the rate of transpiration
    • Water supply -> an increase in water supply will
    increase the rate of transpiration
    • Q. Outline how water that has entered the
    root hair cell reaches the stomata
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FTafxnb
    wHQ&t=195s

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayoh0S
    Ehdw
    Wilting
    • If more water evaporates from the leaves of a
    plant than is available in the soil to move into
    the root by osmosis, then wilting will occur
    • This is when all the cells of the plant are not
    full of water, so the strength of the cell walls
    cannot support the plant and it starts to
    collapse
    Wilting
    • Q. Explain what happens to the cells of a leaf
    to cause wilting.
    • Ref to osmosis;
    • Water moves out of the cell;
    • Lose its turgidity/ plasmolysed;
    • This causes wilting;
    • Water in cells not being replaced as quickly as
    it is being lost;
    • Q. State the causes of wilting
    • No/ little water;
    • High temperature;
    • Dry air;
    • High wind speed;
    • High light intensity;
    • Mineral deffieciency;
    • Q. Suggest advantages of wilting to a plant.
    • Stomata close;
    • To prevent more water loss;
    • Water conserved for other processes;
    • Surface area of leaf is decreased for less
    exposure to the sun;
    Translocation
    • Translocation as the movement of sucrose and
    amino acids in phloem from sources to sinks.
    • Source: leaves
    • Sink: roots, stem, flowers
    • IGCSE ppt
    • https://prezi.com/env5czt7rfzj/igcse-unit-8-tra
    nsport-in-plants-2018-19/

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