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Why is it important that a plants phloem extends into its leaves?
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∙ 11y ago
Any cell that is using sugars for respiration act as a "sink" for sugars being transported by the phloem. As the sugar is consumed, more will move to the area of less concentration as long as the leaf cells keep on producing sugars. It is called the pressure-flow hypothesis.
This process insures all cells needing the energy found in the sugar molecules will get enough energy to continue growth of the plant.
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∙ 11y agoThe phloem collects the sugars made during photosynthesis and carries them around the plant.
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What is the role of xylem and phloem in vascular plants?
Xylem Phloem and are complex tissues that perform transportation of food and water in a plant. Xylem occupy the center of the vascular bundle and phloem occur on outer side of the vascular bundle.
What is the importance of xylem and phloem?
Xylem tissue in plants transports water and mineral salts from the roots up to the leaves. It also provides strength to the plants thanks to a woody substance called lignin. Phloem in plants transports food (made in the leaves) to the rest of the plant.
What do the phloem vessels do and where do they move substances?
The phloem in vascular plants transports food from the leaves to every cell of the rest of the plant. This process is called translocation.
What is the relationship between transport tissues and a plants food making leaves?
The relationship between transport tissues and a plants food making leaves are that the xylum and the phloem work together to make food
What is the process in the plants circulatory system?
Nutrients in plants travel up the roots to the leaves through the xylem and phloem. Small pores then release the gases that the plant produces.
What are tubes that carry fluids from the roots up to leaves of vascular plants?
xylem and phloem
What structure carries sugar from the plants leaves to the rest of the plant?
phloem.
What structure carries sugar from plants leaves to the rest of the plant?
phloem.
What is the function of phloem in terrestrial plants?
transports sugar down from the leaves
What structure carries sugar from a plants leaves to the rest of the plant?
phloem.
Which structure carries sugar from a plants leaves to the rest of the plant NT?
Phloem
What is the role of xylem and phloem in vascular plants?
Xylem Phloem and are complex tissues that perform transportation of food and water in a plant. Xylem occupy the center of the vascular bundle and phloem occur on outer side of the vascular bundle.
What is the importance of xylem and phloem?
Xylem tissue in plants transports water and mineral salts from the roots up to the leaves. It also provides strength to the plants thanks to a woody substance called lignin. Phloem in plants transports food (made in the leaves) to the rest of the plant.
What tissue in plants is made of specialized cells that transports nutrients from the leaves to other areas of the plant?
Phloem is made of sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma. These are specialized cells to transport nutrients from leaves to other area of the plant.
Which tissue transport water in plants?
phloem transporta food from the leaves to the roots[as weel as the of the of the plant]
How do vascular plants get their food?
They get their food from phloem which carries food from leaves to other plant cells.
What do the phloem vessels do and where do they move substances?
The phloem in vascular plants transports food from the leaves to every cell of the rest of the plant. This process is called translocation.
