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How do water- conducting cells differ from cells that transport food?
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Xylem (water-conducting cells) are dead (no cytoplasm), and form long tubes called vessels (no end walls) The walls are thickened with lignin
Phloem (food transport cells) are living (have cytoplasm) There are two cell types - sieve tubes which conduct the food - they have end walls with perforations (sieve plates) and have no nucleus and companion cells - they don't conduct food but have a nucleus and they support the sieve tubes
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What plants cells that are long and hollow transport water throughout the plant?
there are 2 types of cells in plants that carry water and nutrient around them. phloem cells most notably transport sucrose while xylem transports water.
Do eggs dissolving in vinegar represent active transport or passive transport?
I assume you're referring to the simple experiment where the shell is softened using vinegar (acetic acid) and then placed in water. Water moves into the egg cells via osmosis (passive transport) til the cells rupture Short answer: Passive (Osmosis)
What delivers water to the leaf in a plant?
vessels of xylem. Also symplastic transport transports water (directly through cells).
Plants transport water and nutrients through their stem using specialized cells called?
xylem and phloem
What allows plants to transport water and nutrients from the soil to all of the cells within the plant?
circulatory system
Why is it impossible for the water conducting cells of xylem to carry on active transport?
The cells of the xylem that conduct water are not alive.
What is Flowem zylem?
These are the cells in plants that transport nutrients and water. The phloem cellls transport nutrients, and the woody xylem cells transport water.
Do the red blood cells transport water?
no
How do non-vascular plants move water?
Through conducting cells by osmosis
How do non vascular plants move water?
Through conducting cells by osmosis
What form chains with overlapping ends are dead when mature?
Water-conducting cells
Cells that are the main water-conducting cells of a plant are?
tracheids and vessel members, also known as "Xylem tubes"
What types of plant cells are there?
There are Parenchyma cells,Collenchyma cells,Eukaryotic cells,Animal cells,Sclerendayma cells,Water Conducting cells,and Sieve Tube Members.
What plants cells that are long and hollow transport water throughout the plant?
there are 2 types of cells in plants that carry water and nutrient around them. phloem cells most notably transport sucrose while xylem transports water.
How does the direction of transport differ in xylem and phloem?
In xylem the direction of transport is from root to shoot, whereas in phloem it is from shoot to root and every living plant part. It is because the root absorbs water and nutrients from soil and transport the same to the leaves for photosynthesis. The phloem cells transport the prepared food material to the entire plant body.
What is a xylem vessel for?
Xylem vessels are water conducting tubes of the plant
What does The narrow elongated hollow cells that make up xylem tissue of plants allow for?
The transport of water and ions
