AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plant transports food made in the leaves to ____
A
roots
B
stem
C
flowers
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Phloem is the plant tissue that conduct food made in the leaves to all other parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Passive Absorption The movement of plants is through apoplast and it is absorbed due to transpiration pull and it is created due to the stress created in xylem sap.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transportation of food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant takes place through the vascular tissue called phloem. Using the energy obtained from ATP, the food (sugar) produced in leaves is loaded into the sieve tubes of phloem tissue.

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