What is a vascular bundle?
Important Questions on Transport in Plants
Match each of the following terms with its description. For some of the terms, there may be more than one description that matches them.
Lignin, root hair, potometer, stoma, transpiration, xylem vessel.
(a) A long tube made of empty cells joined end to end
(b) Hard, strong tubes that help to support a plant
(c) A strong, hard substance that makes up the walls of xylem vessels
(d) An extension from a cell near the tip of a root, which absorbs water from the soil
(e) The loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant
(f) A small gap between the cells of the epidermis of a plant
(g) A piece of apparatus used for measuring the rate at which a plant shoot takes up water
Give the correct technical term that match of the given description.
The movement of sucrose and amino acids from sources to sink.
