Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Transport in Plants, Exercise 1: Exercise 8.1

Complete the sentences, using words from the list.

Amino acids, fatty acids, leaves, mineral ions, organ, roots, sucrose, tissue, water

Xylem is _____ that transport _____ and _____ from the _____ of plants to its _____. Phloem transports _____ and _____ from the leaves to other parts of plant.

‘Figure shows part of a buttercup root, seen using the high power lens of a light microscope.

Use ruled lines to label these tissues:

Cortex, phloem, xylem

Describe how the cells in xylem tissue are adapted for their functions.