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Chapter 35.3, Problem 2C
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To describe: The way by which pressure-flow model explains sugar movement in phloem and includes activities at source and sink.
Introduction: Vascular plants consist of two specialized tissues called as xylem and phloem that act as conducting tubes in plants for the transportation of water and sugar molecules throughout the plant. Phloem vessels are involved in transporting the prepared food (glucose) from leaves to all parts of the plants.
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Consider the pressure flow model of phloem transport. How do sugars and water enter the phloem from the source? How do sugars and water move from one phloem cell to another?
According to the pressure-flow model, sugar is actively transported into phloem anda. enters xylem, where it is moved toward the leaves due to transpiration.b. creates pressure to move water toward the roots.c. is transported out of the leaves through stomata.d. water follows by osmosis, providing pressure that moves the water and sugar through the phloem.
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