AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The plant tissue that carries food materials from the leaves to the rest of the plant is the ____
A
Phloem
B
Stomata
C
Chlorophyll
D
Xylem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Phloem. Phloem tissue transports food to plants. In plants, the synthesized food molecules by the leaves are transported to the different storage organs-roots, stem, fruits with the help of vascular tissue called phloem.

Detailed explanation-2: -phloem, plant vascular tissue that conducts foods made in the leaves during photosynthesis to all other parts of the plant. Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve elements, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vascular tissues are those tissue that is responsible for the transport of food, minerals, and water throughout the plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phloem carries food from the leaf to the different parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plant Physiology and Development 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.

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