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What are 'vascular bundles'?

Movement in the xylem depends on thermal energy from the sun. What about the phloem?

Transport systems in plants

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Covers the basics of plant transport systems in B3 2.5 of the AQA GCSE Biology textbook #transportsystemsinplants #biology #gcse #aqa

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Movement in the xylem depends on thermal energy from the sun. What about the phloem?
Strength from the vascular bundles
Diffusion processes
Energy from the sugars it is transporting
Energy released by respiration in mitochondria
2
What are 'vascular bundles'?
Groups of xylem and phloem tissues
Groups of vacuoles in the phloem
Groups of minerals being transported up the xylem
Groups of valves in the xylem
3
Compare the concentration of solutes around a plant's root system to its root hair cells
The same concentration
Higher concentration
Lower concentration
4
What process allows water to move into a plant's root hair cells
Refraction
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
5
Where in the plant are sugars produced?
Vascular bundles
Leaves
Roots
Xylem vessels
6
Which part of the phloem transports sugar?
Vacuoles
Sieve tubes
Cell membrane
Vascular bundles
7
Where in the plant does the phloem transport the sugars to?
Cells in the vascular bundles
Cells in the leaves
Storage tissues in the roots
growing tissues in the tips of the root and shoot
8
Which of the following are not part of the phloem?
Packing tissues
Companion cells
Sieve tubes
Sieve plates
9
Which of the following statements isn't true about the xylem
It transports sugar in a downwards direction
It is made of hollow dead tubes
•It transports water and minerals inan upwards direction
It has thick, rigid walls to stop it from collapsing
10
What do the 'phloem' tissues in plants transport
Hope
Sugars
Yeast
Water