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Sucrose is highly soluble in water. It is also relatively inactive metabolically. Suggest how these two properties make it suitable as a long distance transport sugar.

Important Questions on Transport in Plants

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 If sucrose is actively loaded into a companion cell, which combination of changes take place in the cytoplasm of companion cells?
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Which of the following correctly describes the pressure of the two types of elements?
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The figure shows diagrams of T.S of two plant organs, X and Y, containing vascular tissue. Which of the following rows correctly identifies the tissues?

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Movement of water from a root hair to xylem cannot take place entirely through the apoplast pathway due to cell in the 
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Explain how water moves from the soil into a root hair cell.
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Explain how water moves from one root cortex cell to another.
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Explain how water moves from a xylem vessel into a leaf mesophyll cell.
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Arrange the following in order of water potential. Use the symbol > to mean 'greater than'.

Dry atmospheric air, Mesophyll cell, Root hair cell, Soil solution, Xylem vessel contents