Transport in Plants

A. Complete the chart by writing a strategy to help you remember the meaning of each term. One
has been done for you.

Term Definition How I’m Going to Remember

the Meaning

Adhesion Attraction between unlike molecules Think about how tape adheres, or
sticks, to paper.

Capillary action The tendency of water to rise in a thin tube

Pressure-flow The leading explanation of phloem transport;

hypothesis considers plants in terms of where they produce
and use materials from photosynthesis

Comparison of Water and Nutrient Transport

Water Transport Nutrient Transport

What causes it to move? Pressure and transpiration Pressure only

What force/process is involved?

Nutrient Transport
Pressure-Flow Hypothesis
Complete the flowchart with the words in the box.

osmosis pressure sink source

Photosynthesis The pressure

Sugars move Water moving
produces a high causes fluid to
from the cell to into the phloem
concentration of move through
phloem. Water causes an
sugars in the the phloem
also moves into increase in toward a cell
the phloem by
. where sugars
cell. the process of
are lower in
________ . concentration,
called the
_________
cell.
Nutrient Transport
Sugar moves through phloem in plants. Active transport moves sugars into the sieve tube from
surrounding tissues. Water then follows by osmosis. This creates pressure in the tube at the source
of the sugars. If another part of the plant needs sugars, they are pumped out of the tube and into
the surrounding tissue.

Follow the directions.

1. Draw arrows to show how sugar moves through the phloem. Arrows that represent the
movement of water have already been drawn for you.

Sugar
molecules

source cell

sink cell

Phloem Xylem

Use the diagram to answer the questions.

2. What are source cells? ________________________________________________________
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3. What are sink cells? __________________________________________________________
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4. This diagram illustrates which hypothesis of phloem transport? _______________________
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