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U2-PlantsO2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gas exachange in plants: | root hairs, leaves, stems |
| transport in plants: | translocation: xylem and phloem |
| xylem carries: | water and minerals up |
| phloem carries: | nutrients and hormones up and down, large amounts |
| xylem: root pressure mechanism | water always pumped in xylem, cells transport ions to create a concentration gradient, forcing water upwards, can't go very high |
| xylem: capillary action mechanism | water clings to narrow walls and climb to high parts |
| xylem: cohesion-tension / transpiration pull | one water molecule evaporates, another replaces it and ulls along the rest of the water |
| pholem: mass-flow theory | uses osmosis and pressure dynamics to explain transport in phloem |