AP BIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

THE CHLOROPLAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the function of the phloem?
A
to move water down from the leaves
B
to move nutrients down from the leaves
C
to move spores down from the leaves
D
to move food down from the leaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Phloem tissue transports and distributes the sucrose and nutrients produced by plants during photosynthesis. Phloem is in charge of transporting food and nutrients from the leaves to all the plant’s parts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phloem is one of the two tissues that make up the plant’s long-distance transport system, the other being xylem. Phloem translocates water and products of photosynthesis from source tissues to the sink regions where they are utilized or stored.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phloem transports photosynthetically prepared food materials from the leaves to the storage organs and later from storage organs to the growing regions of the plant body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sugars produced in sources, such as leaves, need to be delivered to growing parts of the plant via the phloem in a process called translocation, or movement of sugar. The points of sugar delivery, such as roots, young shoots, and developing seeds, are called sinks.

Detailed explanation-5: -The vascular tissue, phloem helps in the transportation of the synthesized food from the leaves to various storage organs. Phloem is a complex permanent tissue that is present in all vascular plants. Phloem consists of various elements-phloem parenchyma, phloem fibers, companion cells, and sieve tubes.

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